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Author:

Ellis, Philip.

Title:

Consumer-directed health plans : potential effects on health care spending and outcomes / Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office.

Publisher:

Congress of the United StatesCongressional Budget Office,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xvii, 80 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Medical savings accounts--United States.
Health insurance--United States.
Medical care, Cost of--United States.
Insurance, Health--economics--United States--Statistics.
Insurance, Health--statistics & numerical data--United States.
Consumer Satisfaction--United States--Statistics.
Health Care Costs--United States--Statistics.

Other Authors:

United States. Congressional Budget Office.

Notes:

"Philip Ellis of CBO's Health and Human Resources Division prepared the study."--Pref. Shipping list no.: 2007-0134-P. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction and overview of consumer-directed health plans. -- Effects of consumer-directed health plan designs on incentives to use care. -- Evidence about the impact of consumer-directed designs on health care spending. -- Effects of consumer-directed designs on the prices, quality, and outcomes of health care. -- The potential for favorable selection and its effects on spending and insurance market. -- Preliminary evidence for consumer-directed health plans.

Series:

A CBO study

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85241065

LCCN:

2007361678

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)