Methodological Challenges Associated with Patient Responses to Follow-up Longitudinal Surveys Regarding Quality of Care

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1579-1598

  Kahn, Katherine L ^a,b   Liu, Honghu ^a   Adams, John L ^b   Chen, Wen Pin ^a   Tisnado, Diana M ^c   Carlisle, David M ^c   Hays, Ron D ^c   Mangione, Carol M ^c   Damberg, Cheryl L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Longitudinal studies; Methodological challenges; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346552836     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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