Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS)

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 386-409

  Morales, Leo S ^a,b   Weech Maldonado, Robert ^c   Elliott, Marc N ^a,b   Weidmer, Beverly ^b   Hays, Ron D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Medicine/GIM ^*

Author keywords

CAHPS; Hispanic Americans; Patient satisfaction; Quality of health care; Spanish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041416025     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986303256916     Document Type: Review

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