Perspective: What is consumer-directed health care?

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Goodman, John C ^a  

^a National Center for Policy Analysis   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; COST; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845338748     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w540     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. M.B. Buntin et al., "Consumer-directed Health Care: Early Evidence about Effects on Cost and Quality," Health Affairs 25 (2006): w516-w530 (published online 24 October 2006; 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w516).
2. C. Hagist and L.J. Kotlikoff, "Health Care Spending: What the Future Will Look Like," Policy Report no. 286 (Dallas: National Center for Policy Analysis, 28 June 2006).
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4. An irritating feature of Buntin and colleagues' paper is that the authors appear not to have read anything that CDHC proponents have written, evenwhile commenting on their goals and objectives. The term was introduced by Harvard Business School professor Regina Herzlinger. See R.E. Herzlinger, ed., Consumer-driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policymakers (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004);
5. and R.E. Herzlinger, Market-driven Health Care (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1996).
6. The concept of the health savings account was first introduced in J.C. Goodman and G.L. Musgrave, Patient Power (Washington: Cato Institute, 1993).
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8. J.C. Goodman, "Designing Health Insurance for the Information Age," in Consumer-driven Health Care, ed. Herzlinger, 224-241.
9. J.C. Goodman, "Making HSAs Better," Brief Analysis no. 518 (Dallas: NCPA, 2005).
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16. See S.L. Norris, M.M. Engelgau, and K. Narayan, "Effectiveness of Self-Management Training in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials," Diabetes Care 24, no. 3 (2001): 561-587.
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18. D.M. Herrick, "Why Are Health Costs Rising?" Brief Analysis no. 437 (Dallas: NCPA, May 2003).