Client satisfaction with cervical cancer screening in Malawi
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Client satisfaction with cervical cancer screening in Malawi
BACKGROUND Assessing client and patient satisfaction towards a service is of programmatic importance. A study was conducted in Malawi between July and October 2013 to assess client satisfaction among women who had been screened for cervical cancer using Visual Inspection with Acetic acid test. METHODS This was a cross sectional descriptive study which was conducted in 16 out of 43 cervical ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-420