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Justice In Health Care Access Measuring Attitudes Of Health Care Professionals, Sandra Blanton Dec 2000

Justice In Health Care Access Measuring Attitudes Of Health Care Professionals, Sandra Blanton

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To measure attitudes toward justice in access to health care services in managed care plans in a convenience sample of medical professionals at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Methods. A sixteen item, self-administered instrument based on Morreim's four concepts of justice in health care access was administered to 147 health care professionals, representing physicians, allied health, and hospital administration. SPSS was used to analyze the results. Results. The attitudes of the respondents were negative toward managed care. They did not feel that managed care had been a positive development in the United States or that managed care had improved …