Providing information to help medicare beneficiaries choose a health plan

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 49-72

  McCormack, Lauren A ^a   Burrus, Barri B ^a   Garfinkel, Steven A ^a   Gibbs, Deborah ^a   Harris Kojetin, Lauren D ^a   Sangl, Judith A ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cognition; Communication; Consumer information; Medicare; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICARE;

AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; MEDICARE;

EID: 0035222743     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v12n02_04     Document Type: Article

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