title: 'Concierge' medicine. Who really pays for gold standard access to doctors?
abstract: Unhappy with health plans that limit their patient contact time and require too much paperwork, some doctors are joining groups that require patients to pay a membership fee for "gold-standard" care. Experts weigh in on this trend, its future and its ethics.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States