Expectations of healthcare quality: A crosssectional study of internet users in 12 low-and middle-income countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2019, Pages

  Roder DeWan, Sanam ^a,b,c   Gage, Anna D ^a   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^d   Twum Danso, Nana A Y ^e,f   Liljestrand, Jerker ^g,k   Asante Shongwe, Kwanele ^h   Rodríguez, Viviana ⁱ   Yahya, Talhiya ^j   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAZA   (Ghana)

^f IL   (United States)

^g BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer   (South Africa)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^j Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^k NONE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SATISFACTION; URBAN AREA; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85072140930     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002879     Document Type: Article

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