Perspectives from deductible plan enrollees: plan knowledge and anticipated care-seeking changes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Consumer directed health care proposes that patients will engage as informed consumers of health care services by sharing in more of their medical costs, often through deductibles. We examined knowledge of deductible plan details amo...

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Main Authors: Newhouse Joseph P, Brand Richard, Benedetti Nancy, Reed Mary, Hsu John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/244