Dimensions of consumer-assessed quality of medicare managed-care health plans

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-174

  Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Beaulieu, Nancy Dean ^b   Landon, Bruce E ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Health care surveys; Patient evaluations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034132248     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200002000-00006     Document Type: Article

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