Patient cost-sharing and hospitalization offsets in the elderly

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-213

  Chandra, Amitabh ^a,b   Gruber, Jonathan ^b,c   McKnight, Robin ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COST SHARING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MEDICARE; OFFICE VISITS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952370564     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.1.193     Document Type: Article

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