Health savings accounts and health care spending

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1041-1060

  Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^a   Shah, Mona ^b   Frogner, Bianca K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

benefit design; Consumer driven health plans; health savings accounts; high deductible health insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACY;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954495190     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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