Characteristics and decision making of hospital report card consumers: Lessons from an onsite-based cross-sectional study

Martin Emmert, Kristina Kast and Uwe Sander

Health Policy, 2019, vol. 123, issue 11, 1061-1067

Abstract: Hospitals report cards (HRCs) have had little impact on the hospital choice of patients. Thus, health policy makers should learn more about HRC consumers to better understand how to present and target hospital-related quality information.

Keywords: Public reporting; Hospital report cards; Tailoring; Survey analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.07.013

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