How Do Consumer-Directed Health Plans Affect Vulnerable Populations?

Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Sood, Neeraj ^b   McDevitt, Roland ^c   Marquis, M Susan ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumer directed health plans; health care costs; preventive care; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85109582784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15589544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1248     Document Type: Article

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