Public reporting in health care: How do consumers use quality-of-care information? A systematic review

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Faber, Marjan ^a   Bosch, Marije ^a   Wollersheim, Hub ^a   Leatherman, Sheila ^b   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Consumer choice; Health services research; Public reporting; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449100438     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181808bb5     Document Type: Review

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