What is driving people's dissatisfaction with their own health care in 17 Latin American countries?

Health Expectations

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Kim, Minah K ^a,b   Blendon, Robert J ^a   Benson, John M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c Harvard Opinion Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Health care; Health system; International; Latin America; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84877658876     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2012.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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