Level of patients' satisfaction toward national health insurance in Istanbul City (Turkey)

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 976-985

  Jadoo, Saad Ahmed Ali ^a   Puteh, Sharifa Ezat Wan ^a   Ahmed, Zafar ^a   Jawdat, Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Availability; Continuity of care; Humaneness; Technical QUALITY

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861939041     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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