Measures and predictors of medicare knowledge: A review of the literature

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Greenwald, Leslie M ^a   McCormack, Lauren A ^a   Uhrig, Jennifer D ^a   West, Nathan ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICARE; NOMENCLATURE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; READING; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748301970     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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