The Demand for Health Insurance by Employees in a Voluntary Small Group Insurance Program

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-443

  Liu, Chuan Fen ^a   Christianson, Jon B ^b  

^a Health Economics Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Small group insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ARIZONA; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREPAID HEALTH PLANS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032011196     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199803000-00020     Document Type: Article

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