Elizabeth A Kind

Biographic Data

ID5542622
NAMEElizabeth A Kind
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth A
FAMILY NAMEKind
SIGNATUREKIND E A
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
H-INDEX0

  • Which Enrollees Bypass Their Gatekeepers in a Point-of-service Plan

    Barbara L Braun, Jinnet Briggs Fowles et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2003References: 7

    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Like Health Maintenance Organizations, point-of-service (POS) health plans use primary care gatekeepers, and they permit self-referral to specialists at increased costs to the enrollee. The main objective of this study was to contrast patients who self-referred with those referred by their primary care physician. RESEARCH DESIGN: We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey of 606 recent users of specialists in a lar…

  • Consumer Responses to Health Plan Report Cards in Two Markets

    Jinnet Briggs Fowles, Elizabeth A Kind et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2000References: 10

    BACKGROUND: Health plans can compete on quality when consumers have helpful information. Report cards strive to meet this need, but consumer responses have not been measured. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were (1) to compare consumer responses to report cards in 2 markets, (2) to determine how personal characteristics relate to exposure, and (3) to assess the perceived helpfulness of the report cards. RESEARCH DESIGN: A postenrollment …