The Chinese community patient's life satisfaction, assessment of community medical service, and trust in community health delivery system

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Liyang ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of community medical service; China; Community health center; Community patient; Life satisfaction; Trust in community health delivery system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; TRUST;

CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRUST;

EID: 84874519658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-18     Document Type: Article

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