Perspective: Lowering the barriers to consumer-directed health care: Responding to concerns

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1328-1332

  Baicker, Katherine ^a   Dow, William H ^b   Wolfson, Jonathan ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST SHARING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MOTIVATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35148887134     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1328     Document Type: Review

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