The role of employee flexible spending accounts in health care financing

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1079-1081

  Schweitzer, Maurice ^a,d   Asch, David A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029776360     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1079     Document Type: Review

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