The Effect of Cost Sharing on the Use of Chiropractic Services

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 863-872

  Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b,d,e   Rogers, William H ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vet Aff Hlth Serv R D Serv

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Cost sharing; Insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; COST SHARING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030240809     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199609000-00001     Document Type: Article

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