Autoreferencia en los planes de salud del punto de servicio

C B Forrest1, J P Weiner, J Fowles

  • 1Health Services Research and Development Center, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Room 689, Baltimore, MD 21205USA. cforrest@jhsph.edu

JAMA
|May 18, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

La mayoría de los miembros del plan de punto de servicio (POS) de la organización de mantenimiento de la salud no se refieren a sí mismos para recibir atención especializada. Aquellos que se autoreferencian informan de una mayor satisfacción, con impactos negativos limitados en la coordinación de la atención.

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