The relationship between service integration and client satisfaction: A mixed methods case study within HIV services in a high prevalence setting in Africa

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 662-673

  Church, Kathryn ^a   Wringe, Alison ^a   Fakudze, Phelele ^b   Kikuvi, Joshua ^a   Simelane, Dudu ^b   Mayhew, Susannah H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Family Life Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SWAZILAND;

EID: 84868611851     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0191     Document Type: Article

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