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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Effects of a Medicare, Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Program on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Elderly Citizens

Abstract

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The major purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of the University of Illinois' Medicare-Medicaid Consumer Health Information Education Program developed for elderly citizens in two Cooperative Extension regions in North Central and Southern Illinois. Another purpose was to devise a valid and reliable instrument for assessing elderly citizens knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance and attitudes toward health care and health insurance.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Health and Safety Studies
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Williams, Deloris Green

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8623440
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71070

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Williams, Deloris Green. Effects of a Medicare, Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Program on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Elderly Citizens. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/71070