Meeting information needs to facilitate decision making: report cards for people with disabilities
Several states within the United States offer low-income adults with disabilities a choice of health plans. No states issue comparative 'report cards' specifically for adults with disabilities. To explore conceptualizations of quality, information needs, and report card preferences from th...
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Published in | Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 278 - 285 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.09.2007
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Summary: | Several states within the United States offer low-income adults with disabilities a choice of health plans. No states issue comparative 'report cards' specifically for adults with disabilities.
To explore conceptualizations of quality, information needs, and report card preferences from the perspective of people with disabilities.
Eight focus group interviews were conducted in 2003. Existing report cards for California, Maryland, Michigan and Texas were shared for feedback.
34 women and 15 men with various behavioural, physical or sensory disabilities in Oregon, California, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Quality was mostly defined in terms of choice and disability sensitivity of service providers. Respondents identified various obstacles to receiving appropriate health plan and service information. All beneficiaries were keenly interested in the comparative health plan report cards, but did not think the report cards provided enough pertinent information, especially with regard to provider ratings, accessibility, disability competence and reasons for participating in the Medicaid program.
Existing comparative report cards omit several major content domains important to people with disabilities. Organizations providing decision support to people with disabilities should cultivate novel avenues for distribution, such as food banks, libraries and places of worship. |
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Bibliography: | istex:754E6DE2F17118E209C812C6B7FFEB9B97ED0834 ark:/67375/WNG-XSRG3MGL-Q ArticleID:HEX453 An earlier version of this study was presented as a poster at the 12005 AcademyHealth Annual Meeting. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1369-6513 1369-7625 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00453.x |