Comparing Health Care Financial Burden With an Alternative Measure of Unaffordability
Health insurance plans with high deductibles increase exposure to health care costs, raising concerns about how the growth in these plans may be impacting both the financial burden of health care expenditures on families and their access to health care. We find that foregoing medical care is common...
Main Authors: | Edward S. Kielb BS, Corwin N. Rhyan MPP, James A. Lee MS |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-10-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958017732960 |
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