Cost-sharing obligations, high-deductible health plan growth, and shopping for health care: Enrollees with skin in the game

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 395-397

  Sinaiko, Anna D ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^b,c   Sood, Neeraj ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; ATTITUDE; COST; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; COST SHARING; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962182270     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7554     Document Type: Letter

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