Special issues addressed in the CAHPS™ survey of medicare managed care beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Schnaier, Jenny A ^a   Sweeny, Sheri F ^b   Williams, Valerie S L ^c   Kosiak, Beth ^d   Lubalin, James S ^b   Hays, Ron D ^e,f   Harris Kojetin, Lauren D ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field testing; Health care assessment; Health plan assessment; Managed care; Medicare; Questionnaire design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WRITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CORRESPONDENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0033093395     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199903001-00008     Document Type: Review

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