Impact of high-deductible health plans on health care utilization and costs

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 155-172

  Waters, Teresa M ^a   Chang, Cyril F ^b   Cecil, William T ^b   Kasteridis, Panagiotis ^c   Mirvis, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronically ill; health care utilization; health insurance; High deductible health plans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; OFFICE VISITS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650972887     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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