Consumer assessments of care for children and adults in health plans: How do they compare?

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Zhan, Chunliu ^a   Sangl, Judith ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Consumer satisfaction; Health care surveys; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036482929     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200202000-00009     Document Type: Article

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