Perspective: Beyond consumer-driven health care: Purchasers' expectations of all plans

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Peter V ^a   Hoo, Emma ^b  

^a Pacific Business Group on Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; COST; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845299521     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w544     Document Type: Review

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