What is quality anyway? Performance reports that clearly communicate to consumers the meaning of quality of care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-293

  Hibbard, Judith H ^a   Greene, Jessica ^a   Daniel, Debbie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer health care information; Consumer use of public reports; Public health care reports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952651641     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709356300     Document Type: Article

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