Dimensions of Consumer-Assessed Quality of Medicare Managed-Care Health Plans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9102874 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan M Zaslavsky (0000-0003-1072-6043, Harvard University, corresponding author), Nancy Dean Beaulieu, Nancy Beaulieu (0000-0003-2388-1376), Bruce E Landon (0000-0003-4912-0647, Harvard University, corresponding author), Paul D Cleary (0000-0001-7527-4354, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 162-174 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-200002000-00006 |
| PMID | 10659690 |
| OpenAlex | W2035272498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 15 |
OBJECTIVES: We investigated relationships at the health-plan level among member ratings of and reports on plans in the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey (CAHPS). We sought a more parsimonious description of the reports that can be used in analyses of the distribution and correlates of consumer-assessed quality. SUBJECTS: There were 89,419 Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in 212 Medicare managed-care health plans who responded to CAHPS in 1998. MEASURES: There were 39 survey items measuring consumer ratings of and reports on care. METHODS: We adjusted correlations for sampling variability in the plan means and performed a principal factor analysis of the report items with oblique rotation. We grouped items that loaded heavily on the different factors, formed composites, and regressed rating items on the report composites. RESULTS: Four factors explained 75% of the variance in the reports. The corresponding groups of items were concerned with the following subjects: (1) interactions around delivery of care in the doctor's office; (2) customer service from the plan; (3) access to medical services provided by the plan, such as specialist care, equipment, therapy, or drugs; and (4) advice on health-promoting activities. Corrected Cronbach alpha for composites were 0.97, 0.93, 0.86, and 0.60. The "delivery" composite was strongly predictive of overall ratings of care, doctor, and specialist; the "customer" composite was strongly predictive of overall ratings of the plan. CONCLUSIONS: CAHPS distinguishes among dimensions of between-plan variability of consumer-assessed quality. Different global ratings are related to distinct groups of consumer reports on their experiences
Business · Cronbach's alpha · Family medicine · Health care · Health plan · Managed care · Medicare Advantage · Patient satisfaction · Preferred provider organization · Quality (philosophy) · Quality management · Service (business) · Variance (accounting) · Healthcare Policy and Management · Marketing · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2010 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |