Voices Unheard: Barriers to Expressing Dissatisfaction to Health Plans

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 709-755

  Schlesinger, Mark ^a   Mitchell, Shannon ^b   Elbel, Brian ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041914416     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00029     Document Type: Article

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