title: Consumer-directed healthcare: the next trend?
authors.affiliation: Dougherty Management Associates, Inc., Lexington, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Dougherty
mesh_terms: D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000191:economics; D003256:Community Participation / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D003657:Decision Making; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D020402:Medical Savings Accounts; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D014481:United States