A measure of trust in insurers

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-78

  Goold, Susan Dorr ^a,b   Fessler, David ^c   Moyer, Cheryl A ^b  

^a Bioethics Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient satisfaction; Surveys; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HONESTY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TELEPHONE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRUST;

EID: 33644895169     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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