Consumer Information, Insurance, and Doctor Shopping: The Elderly Consumer's Perspective
作者:
SHELLEY I. WHITE‐MEANS,
期刊:
Journal of Consumer Affairs
(WILEY Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 23,
issue 1
页码: 45-64
ISSN:0022-0078
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1989.tb00235.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
One possible strategy to minimize costs of health care is to provide consumers with information pertaining to its relative cost. However, the effectiveness of programs to dispense information on medical services has been difficult to evaluate because very little is known about incentives for doctor shopping. The demand for medical services information (doctor shopping) among elderly consumers and the effect of health insurance purchases on shopping decisions are assessed.
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