Health care use and decision making among lower-income families in high-deductible health plans

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1918-1925

  Kullgren, Jeffrey T ^a,b,c   Galbraith, Alison A ^c,d   Hinrichsen, Virginia L ^c,d   Miroshnik, Irina ^c,d   Penfold, Robert B ^c,d   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^e   Landon, Bruce E ^c   Lieu, Tracy A ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NEW ENGLAND; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78649665035     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.428     Document Type: Article

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