Determinants of patient satisfaction in the surgical ward at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia

Life Science Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 277-280

  Aldaqal, Saleh M ^a   Alghamdi, Hattan ^a   AlTurki, Hassan ^a   El deek, Basem S ^a   Kensarah, Ahmed A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hospital management; Patient satisfaction; Questionnaire; Surgical ward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874899376     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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