Open AccessEffects of Cost Sharing on Care Seeking and Health Status: Results From the Medical Outcomes Study
Author(s) -
Mitchell D. Wong,
Ronald Andersen,
Cathy D. Sherbourne,
Ron D. Hays,
Martin F. Shapiro
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.11.1889
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , minor (academic) , cost sharing , medical care , family medicine , mental health , population , psychiatry , environmental health , nursing , political science , law , economics , economic growth
This study sought to determine the effect of cost sharing on medical care use for acute symptoms and on health status among chronically ill adults.