Survey response style and differential use of CAHPS rating scales by hispanics

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 963-968

  Weech Maldonado, Robert ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^b   Oluwole, Adetokunbo ^c   Schiller, K Cameron ^a   Hays, Ron D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d Health Services Research   (United States)

Author keywords

CAHPS; Hispanic; Managed care; Medicaid; Race ethnicity; Survey response style

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAID; RATING SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50949126057     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181791924     Document Type: Article

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