Patient satisfaction in hospital-based emergency departments: Recommendation for healthcare management and policy

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 175-189

  Lin, Blossom Yen Ju ^a   Hsu, Chung Ping Cliff ^b   Lee, Cheng Hua ^c   Chao, Ming Chin ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospital based emergency department; Patient satisfaction; Physical environments; Quality improvement; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957053937     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.030602     Document Type: Article

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