Evaluating the effect of translation on Spanish speakers' ratings of Medicare

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 51-65

  Bann, Carla M ^a,c   Iannacchione, Vincent G ^a   Sekscenski, Edward S ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTILINGUALISM; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144471018     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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