Problem-oriented reporting of CAHPS consumer evaluations of health care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 600-614

  Elliott, Marc N ^a,c   Beckett, Megan K ^a,c   Kanouse, David E ^a,c   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a,c   Bernard, Shulamit ^b  

^a RAND

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer satisfaction; Data reporting; Health care surveys; Quality indicator; Quality of health care; Scoring method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548792856     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558707304632     Document Type: Article

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