Attitudes toward cost-containment features of managed care: Differences among patient subgroups

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1385-1391

  Schur, Claudia L ^a   Dorosh, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Proj HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC OPINION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031791497     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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