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Quality of home healthcare among Arab countries

Malak Al Anazi, Khaled Al-Surimi and Amani Abu-Shaheen
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 683-689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25119
Malak Al Anazi
From the Department of Quality Management and Accreditation Office (Al Anazi), from the Research Center (Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City; and from the from the Department of Health Systems and Quality Management (Al-Surimi), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud ben Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khaled Al-Surimi
From the Department of Quality Management and Accreditation Office (Al Anazi), from the Research Center (Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City; and from the from the Department of Health Systems and Quality Management (Al-Surimi), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud ben Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani Abu-Shaheen
From the Department of Quality Management and Accreditation Office (Al Anazi), from the Research Center (Abu-Shaheen), King Fahad Medical City; and from the from the Department of Health Systems and Quality Management (Al-Surimi), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud ben Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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