Evidence that consumers are skeptical about evidence-based health care

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1400-1406

  Carman, Kristin L ^a   Maurer, Maureen ^b   Yegian, Jill Mathews ^c   Dardess, Pamela ^b   McGee, Jeanne ^d   Evers, Mark ^d   Marlo, Karen O ^e  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

^d McGee and Evers Consulting   (United States)

^e National Business Group on Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955903596     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0296     Document Type: Article

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