Questionnaire survey about use of an online appointment booking system in one large tertiary public hospital outpatient service center in China

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Minmin ^a   Zhang, Congxin ^a   Sun, Qinwen ^b   Cai, Quancai ^b   Yang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Yinjuan ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Healthcare reform; Online appointment booking system; outpatient care; Questionnaire; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHINA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84902536339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-49     Document Type: Review

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