Hospital services quality assessment: Hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, as a tangible example of a developing country

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Nekoei Moghadam, Mahmood ^a   Amiresmaili, Mohammadreza ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Customer services quality; Hospitals; Iran; Quality assessment; SERVQUAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650481759     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861111098247     Document Type: Article

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