Psychometric properties of an instrument to assess medicare beneficiaries' prescription drug plan experiences

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 41-53

  Martino, Steven C ^a,e   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Cleary, Paul D ^b   Kanouse, David E ^a   Brown, Julie A ^a   Spritzer, Karen L ^c   Heller, Amy ^d   Hays, Ron D ^c  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UMHA Health and Retirement Funds ^*

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERVIEW; MEDICARE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICARE PART D; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849106591     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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