TITLE

Medical savings accounts: Lessons from Singapore

AUTHOR(S)
Hsiao, William H.
PUB. DATE
June 1995
SOURCE
Health Affairs;Summer95, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p260
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses Singapore's medical savings accounts (MSA) scheme to curb health care cost inflation. Singapore's health care system; Financing; Assurance of universal access; Results of the MSA scheme; Implications for American policy.
ACCESSION #
9508081426

Tags: MEDICAL care costs -- Economic aspects

 

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