Consumer-directed health care: it's not whether the glass is half-empty, but why.
Health Aff (Millwood)
; 25(6): w552-4, 2006.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17062595
ABSTRACT
Analyses of consumer-directed health plans often focus on how use of services under such a plan compares with what use would have been under a more comprehensive benefit design. That's a natural perspective for analysts who observe movement from a world of rich coverage to one of more limited coverage. But the comparison may confuse the message with the messenger. In a world where employers are seeking any port in a storm of unsustainable cost growth, it might be more useful to compare offering a consumer-directed plan to other options that employers could have chosen in constraining health costs.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Participation
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Consumer Behavior
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Medical Savings Accounts
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Deductibles and Coinsurance
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Year:
2006
Type:
Article