Who speaks for the health consumer?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 671-676

  Fox, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Affordable insurance; Consumer choice; Consumer driven health care

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; COST; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARKETING; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849102621     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0057     Document Type: Note

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