Cost sharing as a tool to drive higher-value care

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 399-400

  Baicker, Katherine ^a   Levy, Helen ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST SHARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84924045713     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7595     Document Type: Note

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