Individual and district scale determinants of users' satisfaction with primary health care in developing countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 501-513

  Atkinson, Sarah ^a   Haran, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Determinants; Scales; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RATING SCALE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8644292423     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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