Date Approved
6-10-1997
Embargo Period
8-26-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Public Relations
Department
Public Relations & Advertising
College
Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts
Advisor
Shapiro, Steven
Subject(s)
Jefferson Health System; Health facilities--Public relations
Disciplines
Public Relations and Advertising
Abstract
Due to managed care, the recent, rapid changes in healthcare forced hospitals to form health systems by joining with other hospitals and individual physician practices. As these health systems form, the competition for patients increases as does the need to keep consumers abreast of the changes within the forming health systems.
As a result, both health systems and physician practices launched advertising campaigns to reach these consumers. These campaigns must be tested for their effectiveness.
Two major healthcare competitors, Jefferson Health System and Main Line Health System, recently affiliated and formed Great Valley Health, which is a physician primary care group practice in the Main Line area of the Philadelphia suburbs.
A focus group of 10 men and women who live on the Main Line was conducted to determine their awareness and reactions to Great Valley Health primary care practices and Jefferson Health System primary care practices.
According to this research, even though current Jefferson advertising campaigns are effective, Main Line consumers are somewhat confused by what Great Valley Health is and its relationship to the Jefferson Health System.
Recommended Citation
LoBianco, Maryann, "The effects of print advertising campaigns on consumers' attitudes towards physician primary care practices affiliated with Jefferson Health System" (1997). Theses and Dissertations. 2079.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2079
