Acta Med. 2005, 48: 59-62

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.33

Patient Satisfaction in a University Hospital Emergency Department in Turkey

Cuma Yildirima, Hasan Koçoğlub, Sıtkı Göksub, Nurullah Gunaya, Haluk Savasc

aGaziantep University Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey
bGaziantep University Medical School, Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Gaziantep, Turkey
cGaziantep University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Gaziantep, Turkey

Received April 1, 2004
Accepted February 1, 2005

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