Effects of Increased Patient Cost Sharing on Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Care

BACKGROUND: Increasing patient cost sharing is a commonly employed mechanism to contain health care expenditures. OBJECTIVE: To explore whether the impact of increases in prescription drug copayments differs between high- and low-income areas. DESIGN: Using a database of 6 million enrollees with emp...

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Main Authors: Chernew, Michael, Gibson, Teresa B., Yu-Isenberg, Kristina, Sokol, Michael C., Rosen, Allison B., Fendrick, A. Mark
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2517964/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443882
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0614-0
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