Full disclosure of financial costs and options to patients: The roles of race, age, health insurance, and usual source for care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-62

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a   Arbelaez, Jose J ^b   Dixon, Bruce W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Financial costs; Financial options; Health insurance; Race; Source of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2142660845     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2004.0009     Document Type: Review

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