Access to public healthcare services and waiting times for patients with chronic nonmalignant pain: Feedback from a tertiary pain clinic

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Triva, Petra ^a   Jukić, Marko ^b   Puljak, Livia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chronic nonmalignant pain; Healthcare services; Pain clinic; Patient satisfaction; Public healthcare system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC NONMALIGNANT PAIN; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; WAITING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS, SPINE; PAIN CLINICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84888800944     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: 13339451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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