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Health Care Consumers: Choices and Constraints
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Catherine G.en_US
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dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcLaughlin, Catherine (1999). "Health Care Consumers: Choices and Constraints." Medical Care Research and Review 56(): 24-59. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68465>en_US
dc.identifier.issn1077-5587en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/68465
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dc.description.abstractThis article summarizes the research and data currently available on different dimensions of consumer choice. These dimensions include not only whether to participate in a health care plan and which plan to select if given a choice but also the decisions that lead to having a choice and the implications of making the choice. Data are presented on what choices consumers face, how many are given what kinds of choices, what constraints they face, what we know about how they make these choices, and what information they are given and what they use. The majority of Americans are offered some kind of health insurance plan either through their place of employment or as a dependent on someone else’s employer-sponsored health plan. About half of those offered health insurance are offered a choice, usually of only two or three plans. The majority elect to participate in one of those plans.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleHealth Care Consumers: Choices and Constraintsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.identifier.pmid10354678en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/107755879905600102en_US
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Care Research and Reviewen_US
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