This is a summary of an empirical verification of a hospital choice taxonomy. Four focus groups were executed followed by a telephone survey of 400 individuals. The situation studied was one where the persons involved had a choice (no physician influence or emergency), reflecting the present motion to more proactive health care. No major differences in rank order of factors were found for men versus women; men ordered choice factors differently based on primary physician type (MD/DO).
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Lindquist et al. (1991) studied this question.