The findings of the rand health insurance experiment: A response to welch et al.

Medical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 157-179

  Newhouse, Joseph P ^a   Manning, Willard G ^a   Duan, Naihua ^a   Morris, Carl N ^b   Keeler, Emmett B ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen ^a   Susan Marquis, M ^a   Rogers, William H ^a   Davies, Allyson R ^c   Lohr, Kathleen N ^a   Ware, John E ^c   Brook, Robert H ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Behavioral Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023141016     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198702000-00009     Document Type: Article

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