Health plan report cards and insurance choice

Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-22

  Chernew, Michael ^a   Scanlon, Dennis P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031920236     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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