Motivating public use of physician-level performance data: An experiment on the effects of message and mode

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-81

  Ranganathan, Meghna ^a   Hibbard, Judith ^b   Rodday, Angie Mae C ^c   De Brantes, Francois ^d   Conroy, Kelly ^e   Rogers, William H ^c   Gelb Safran, Dana ^f,g  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Bridges To Excellence   (United States)

^e Consumer Engagement ^*  (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Performance Measurement and Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient use of quality data; Performance measurement and reporting; Physician level quality data; Public reporting; Web based quality data

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 58849159195     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558708324301     Document Type: Article

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