The role of consumer knowledge of insurance benefits in the demand for preventive health care among the elderly

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-38

  Parente, Stephen T ^a,b   Salkever, David S ^c,d   Da Vanzo, Joan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Project HOPE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Information; Knowledge; Medicare

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MEDICARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 12344289572     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.907     Document Type: Article

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