Assessing patient satisfaction with community pharmacy in the UAE using a newly-validated tool

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 841-850

  Hasan, Sanah ^a,b   Sulieman, Hana ^c   Stewart, Kay ^b   Chapman, Colin B ^b   Hasan, Mohammed Yousif ^d   Kong, David C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Patient satisfaction; Pharmacy services; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY; PHARMACY SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY SERVICES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887615575     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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