Consumer determinants of the use of health plan information in plan selection

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 232-250

  Oetjen, Dawn ^a   Fottler, Myron D ^a   Unruh, Lynn Y ^a   Rehman, Zia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Allied Insurance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751440818     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: 09514848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148406778951475     Document Type: Article

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