What does a deductible do? The impact of cost-sharing on health care prices, quantities, and spending dynamics

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1261-1318

  Brot Goldberg, Zarek C ^a   Chandra, Amitabh ^b   Handel, Benjamin R ^a   Kolstad, Jonathan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85028386396     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjx013     Document Type: Article

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