title: Let patients control the purse strings.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA. vidhya.alakeson@hhs.gov
authors.forename: Vidhya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alakeson
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005431:Florida; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000191:economics*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000191:economics; D012648:Self Care / Q000191:economics; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom