'Fifteen minutes of fame': Reflections on the uses of health research, the media, pundits, and the spin

Health Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 211-215

  Mechanic, David ^a   McAlpine, Donna D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASS MEDIA; OFFICE VISITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035513963     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.20.6.211     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. D. Mechanic, D.D. McAlpine, and M. Rosenthal, "Are Patients' Office Visits with Physicians Getting Shorter?" New England Journal of Medicine 344, no. 3 (2001): 198-204.
2. E.W. Campion, "A Symptom of Discontent," New England Journal of Medicine 344, no. 3 (2001): 223-225.
3. J.P. Kassirer, "Doctor Discontent," New England Journal of Medicine 339, no. 21 (1998): 1543-1545.
4. J. Guidera, "Managed Care Seen Giving Longer Doctors' Visits," Wall Street Journal, 18 January 2001, B12.
5. K.M. Ludmerer, Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century to the Era of Managed Care (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 370-399.