416 original article from the school of health care administration taipei medical university 1 graduate institute organization national taiwan 2 department management college nursing received sep 17 2003 accepted mar 25 2004 address for reprints chao hsiun tang phd 250 wu hsing st 110 roc tel 886 27361661 ext 3610 fax 23789788 d uring past few years widespread use administrative claim data and increasing devel opments in statistical computing power have made it possible to profile practice patterns individual physicians considerable efforts been devoted developing publicly disseminating informa tion on physician performance via integrated deliv ery networks hospitals insurance carriers state do consumers need information herng ching lin chu chieh chen mha ming kung hsu background this was written determine extent needs what decision mak ing when selecting a methods collect self administered questionnaire hand
