Healthcare expenditures and patient satisfaction: Cost and quality from the consumer's perspective in the US

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1385-1394

  Fu, Alex Z ^a   Wang, Nan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Extended estimating equation (EEE); Healthcare expenditure; Healthcare quality; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349154736     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079908X291994     Document Type: Article

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