Cost Sharing for Medical Care Services,
Abstract
The Rand Health Insurance Study, an experiment to learn the effects of requiring families to pay for a portion of their medical care services. It studied effects on both families use of services and on their health status. The experiment, which took place between 1974 and 1982, enrolled 7703 persons in 2757 families in six different sites of the United States -- Seattle, Washington; Dayton, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; Fitchburg, Massachusetts; and two non-metropolitan sites, Franklin County, Massachusetts; and Georgetown County, South Carolina. Most of these people were enrolled in so-called fee-for-service insurance plans. They could seek care from any physician who agreed to treat them, but the portion of their medical bills that they paid varied, from nothing to 25, 50, or 95 percent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA152816
Entities
People
- J. P. Newhouse
Organizations
- RAND Corporation