Price transparency not a panacea for high health care costs

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1842-1843

  Volpp, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRICE TRANSPARENCY TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST SHARING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84966344907     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.4325     Document Type: Editorial

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