Trust in insurers and access to physicians: Associated enrollee behaviors and changes over time

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 813-824

  Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a   Hall, Mark A ^b   Blackwelder, Stephen ^c   Bradley, Donald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrollee behavior; Health insurance; Longitudinal changes; Patient trust; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; TIME; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142770464     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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