What patients should ask of consumers' guides to health care quality

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 316-331

  Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,c   Chren, Mary Margaret ^b   Lasek, Rebecca J ^d   Landefeld, C Seth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MARKETING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031877520     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016327879802100302     Document Type: Review

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