Designing accessible managed care services for people with physical disabilities: Consumer suggestions within an emergent design process

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 3-16

  Wolf Branigin, Michael ^a   Leroy, Barbara ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Disability; Health outcomes; Managed care; Secondary conditions; Self advocacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248599390     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J198v03n03_02     Document Type: Article

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