Performance evaluation of the hospital services - A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process model

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-130

  Sinimole, K R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Fuzzy analytic process model; Healthcare; Hospitals; Performance; Process; Service quality; SERVQUAL

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863954060     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2012.047944     Document Type: Article

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