Do high-deductible health plans threaten quality of care?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1202-1204

  Lee, Thomas H ^a   Zapert, Kinga ^b  

^a PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b Harris Interactive   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST SHARING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25144446404     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp058209     Document Type: Short Survey

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