Plan, geographical, and temporal variation of consumer assessments of ambulatory health care

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1467-1486

  Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Zaborski, Lawrence B ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Medicare; Quality; Small area variation; Variance components

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 4844229249     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00299.x     Document Type: Review

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