Personal choices of health plans by managed care experts

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-386

  Studdert, David M ^a,b,c   Bhattacharya, Jayanta ^b   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Warren, Brandee ^b   Escarce, José J ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice behavior; Health benefits; Managed care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACULTY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0036584987     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200205000-00003     Document Type: Article

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