Office visit copayments: Patient knowledge, response, and communication with providers

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-409

  Benedetti, Nancy J ^a   Fung, Vicki ^a   Reed, Mary ^a   Price, Mary ^a   Brand, Richard ^b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^c,d,e   Hsu, John ^a,f  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Copayments; Cost sharing; Health care benefits; Office visits

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149169505     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815c3192     Document Type: Article

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