Health care quality: Incorporating consumer perspectives

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 1608-1612

  Cleary, Paul D ^a,b,c   Edgman Levitan, Susan ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Picker Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Health Care Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030671045     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.19.1608     Document Type: Article

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