Medicare beneficiary knowledge: Measurement implications from a qualitative study

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 13-23

  Teal, Cayla R ^a,d   Paterniti, Debora A ^c   Murphy, Christi L ^a   John, Dolly A ^b   Morgan, Robert O ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICARE; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748317835     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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