Mandatory High-Risk Pooling: An approach to reducing incentives for cream skimming

Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-143

  Van Barneveld, Erik M ^a   Van Vliet, René C J A ^a   Van de Ven, Wynand P M M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PROFIT;

EID: 0029898345     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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