Do Medicaid and commercial CAHPS scores correlate within plans? A New Jersey case study

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1027-1033

  Elliott, Marc N ^a   Farley, Donna ^a   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix adjustment; Composite estimators; Patient evaluations of care; Small area estimation; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAID; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICAID; NEW JERSEY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 26644463003     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000178200.72371.b7     Document Type: Article

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