Keeping competition fair for health insurance: How the Irish beat back risk-rated policies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 745-748

  Light, Donald W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Center for Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; HEALTH INSURANCE; IRELAND; MARKET; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031814339     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.5.745     Document Type: Article

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