Consumer-directed health plans
Subtitle: potential effects on health care spending and outcomes
By: Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office.
Contributors: United States. Congressional Budget Office.
Series: A CBO study
Publisher: Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Medical savings accounts -- United States; Insurance, Health -- United States; Medical care, Cost of -- United States
Notes: "Philip Ellis of CBO's Health and Human Resources Division prepared the study." -- Pref.

"December 2006."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued via the Internet at http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7700/12-21-HealthPlans.pdf and http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS77296 as of 02/07.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview of consumer-directed health plans.; title: Effects of consumer-directed health plan designs on incentives to use care.; title: Evidence about the impact of consumer-directed designs on health care spending.; title: Effects of consumer-directed designs on the prices, quality, and outcomes of health care.; title: The potential for favorable selection and its effects on spending and insurance market.; title: Preliminary evidence for consumer-directed health plans.