Scoping medical tourism and international hospital accreditation growth

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 688-702

  Woodhead, Anthony ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Organizational development; Organizational performance; Patient perception; Private healthcare; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84885042810     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJHCQA-10-2011-0060     Document Type: Article

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