Language and regional differences in evaluations of medicare managed care by hispanics

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 552-568

  Weech Maldonado, Robert ^a   Fongwa, Marie N ^b   Gutierrez, Peter ^c   Hays, Ron D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; Ethnic disparities; Geographic variations; Hispanics; Language; Medicare managed care; Patient experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; OFFICE WORKER; RACISM; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149103829     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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