Do consumers respond to publicly reported quality information? Evidence from nursing homes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-61

  Werner, Rachel M ^a   Norton, Edward C ^b   Konetzka, R Tamara ^c   Polsky, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home care; Nursing home demand; Quality information; Report cards

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; PANEL DATA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856444205     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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