Women's perception of antenatal care services in public and private clinics in the Gambia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 595-600

  Jallow, Isatou K ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Liu, Tsai Ling ^a   Huang, Nicole ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Patient satisfaction; Public and private health care; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVACY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869403934     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs033     Document Type: Article

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