Public perceptions of key performance indicators of healthcare in Alberta, Canada

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-223

  Northcott, Herbert C ^a   Harvey, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Health services accessibility; Health care quality; Health care quality assessment; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SATISFACTION; SEX; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861553690     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs012     Document Type: Article

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