Assessing health system responsiveness: A household survey in 17th district of Tehran

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rashidian, A ^a,b   Kavosi, Z ^a,c   Majdzadeh, R ^a,b   Pourreza, A Gh ^a   Pourmalek, F ^d   Arab, M ^a   Mohammad, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatient services; Iran; Outpatient services; Responsiveness; WHS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84898710970     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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