What factors influence seniors desire for choice among health insurance options? Survey results on the Medicare prescription drug benefit

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-457

  Rice, Thomas ^a   Hanoch, Yaniv ^b   Cummings, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICARE PART D; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79451472328     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109990272     Document Type: Article

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