Study: Copay Increase Yields Fewer Visits to Doctors, More to Hospitals
USA Today, January 29, 2010
Higher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals.
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