A multilingual mass communication intervention for seniors and people with disabilities on medicaid: A randomized controlled trial

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 397-417

  Kurtovich, Elaine ^a   Ivey, Susan L ^a   Neuhauser, Linda ^a   Graham, Carrie ^a   Constantine, Wendy ^b   Barkan, Howard ^c  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b Research and Evaluation Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Managed care; Medicaid; People with disabilities; Seniors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949291749     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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