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020 _a0833003208
027 _aRAND/R-2693-HHS
035 _a(Sirsi) a188124
037 _c$20.00
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050 4 _aRA395.A3
_bN48 1981
100 1 _aNewhouse, Joseph P.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHow sophisticated are consumers about the medical care delivery system? /
_cJoseph P. Newhouse, John E. Ware, Jr., Cathy A. Donald.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1981.
300 _aix, 24 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHealth insurance experiment series
500 _a"April 1981."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 23-24).
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aMedical care
_zUnited States
_xPublic opinion.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zUnited States.
650 2 _aConsumer Participation.
650 2 _aDelivery of Health Care
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aWare, John E.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aDonald, Cathy A.,
_d1947-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Health and Human Services.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2693/
999 _c598385
_d598385