The ACA and high-deductible insurance - Strategies for sharpening a blunt instrument

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1481-1484

  Wharam, J Frank ^a,b   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^a,b   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84885826505     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1309490     Document Type: Article

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