Consumer experience with a tiered physician network: Early evidence

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Sinaiko, Anna D ^a   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRUST;

EID: 77249086611     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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