Do "Consumer-Directed" health plans bend the cost curve over time?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-51

  Haviland, Amelia M ^a,b   Eisenberg, Matthew D ^c   Mehrotra, Ateev ^d,e   Huckfeldt, Peter J ^f   Sood, Neeraj ^g  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e RAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care cost trends; High deductible health plans

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COST; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COST CONTROL; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956646518     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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