Patient satisfaction with quality of primary health care in Benghazi, Libya

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Salam, Asharaf Abdul ^a   Alshekteria, Amina Abdulla ^a   Alhadi, Hana Abd ^a   Ahmed, Mariam ^a   Mohammed, Anees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Administrative and environmental factors; Exit interviews; Geographic zone; Health For All by All; Health seeking behavior; Interaction effect; Place of residence; Type and location of facility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859141879     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.4873     Document Type: Article

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