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Policy Effects on the Quality of Public Health Care: Evaluating Portuguese Public Hospitals’ Quality through Customers’ Views

Central European Journal of Public Policy
Volume 9 (2015): Issue 2 (December 2015)
By: Jaime R. S. Fonseca,  Rosária M. P. Ramos,  Ana M. P. Santos and  Ana P. S. S. Fonseca  
Open Access
|Feb 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cejpp-2016-0015 | Journal eISSN: 1802-4866
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Language: English
Page range: 122 - 131
Published on: Feb 16, 2016
Published by: University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
public administration,
public policies,
health care evaluation,
patients’ views,
latent segment models,
customer satisfaction,
Portugal
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Public finance and fiscal theory,
Business management,
Industries,
Public sector, public private partnerships, public administration,
Social sciences,
Sociology,
Social policy, social work, development aid,
Political science,
Political science, other

© 2016 Jaime R. S. Fonseca, Rosária M. P. Ramos, Ana M. P. Santos, Ana P. S. S. Fonseca, published by University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica, Faculty of Economics
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