Access, Quality and Satisfaction: Three Critical Concepts in Health Services and Health Care Delivery

Abstract

This chapter provides an introduction to the volume and reviews some issues related to access, quality and satisfaction with care as three critical concepts in health services and health care delivery. In addition to this review of some of the material on access, quality and satisfaction with care, this chapter also serves as an introduction to the volume. As such, the chapter explains the organization of the volume and briefly comments on each of the chapters included in the volume.

Citation

Kronenfeld, J.J. (2006), "Access, Quality and Satisfaction: Three Critical Concepts in Health Services and Health Care Delivery", Jacobs Kronenfeld, J. (Ed.) Access, Quality and Satisfaction with Care (Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Vol. 24), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0275-4959(06)24001-8