Life disruptions for midlife and older adults with high out-of-pocket health expenditures

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-42

  Grande, David ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a   Johnson, Sarah ^b   Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost sharing; Health care financing; Insurance benefits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICARE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SHARING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872333708     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1444     Document Type: Article

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