Patient reports and ratings of individual physicians: An evaluation of the DoctorGuide and Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study provider-level surveys

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 190-196

  Hays, Ron D ^a,b   Chong, Kelly ^b   Brown, Julie ^b   Spritzer, Karen L ^a   Horne, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study; Patient reports; Physician assessment; Ratings of health care; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0141494477     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060301800503     Document Type: Article

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