02585cam a2200445 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001300065020001500078027002000093035002000113037001100133040001900144043001200163050002300175100003300198245013500231264003700366300002600403336002600429337002600455337002800481338003600509338002700545490003900572500001800611504005200629520099000681530005801671588004701729650004901776650003501825650002801860650004401888700002701932700003801959710002201997710006102019856005902080rnd000000000047144RAND920212s1981    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a81007322  a0833003208  aRAND/R-2693-HHS  a(Sirsi) a188124  c$20.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us--- 4aRA395.A3bN48 19811 aNewhouse, Joseph P.eauthor.10aHow sophisticated are consumers about the medical care delivery system? /cJoseph P. Newhouse, John E. Ware, Jr., Cathy A. Donald. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1981.  aix, 24 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aHealth insurance experiment series  a"April 1981."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 23-24).  aA study of consumer knowledgeability about medical care services and its effect on the role consumers might play in decisions affecting resource allocation, especially whether competition and/or cost-sharing strategies should be pursued or whether regulatory strategies are more promising.  An important goal of the study was to derive a scale that would permit measurement of the extent of consumer knowledge.  Analyses of a ten-item questionnaire administered to nonaged persons showed that consumers are knowledgeable about some areas of medical care and uninformed about others.  If a procompetitive medical care strategy is pursued, consumers need to be educated about board certification, staff privileges, and other factors pertinent to choosing a regular source of medical care.  Factor analyses indicated that a substantial amount of information from item responses can be summarized in a multi-item scale that is reliable and valid as a measurement of patient sophistication.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aMedical carezUnited StatesxPublic opinion. 0aPublic opinionzUnited States. 2aConsumer Participation. 2aDelivery of Health CarezUnited States.1 aWare, John E.eauthor.1 aDonald, Cathy A.,d1947-eauthor.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bDepartment of Health and Human Services.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2693/