Consumer awareness and strategies among families with high-deductible health plans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Lieu, Tracy A ^a,b,c   Solomon, Jeffrey L ^d   Sabin, James E ^b   Kullgren, Jeffrey T ^e   Hinrichsen, Virginia L ^b   Galbraith, Alison A ^a,b  

^a Center for Child Health Care Studies   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Decision making; Health care reform; Health insurance; Health policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH;

EID: 77951137637     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1184-5     Document Type: Article

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