Examining the potential of information technology to improve public insurance application processes: Enrollee assessments from a concurrent mixed method analysis

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1045-1052

  Mishra, Abhay Nath ^a   Ketsche, Patricia ^a   Marton, James ^a   Snyder, Angela ^a   McLaren, Susan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDENTITY THEFT; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAID; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929045188     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002716     Document Type: Article

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