Evidence for the will rogers phenomenon in migration of employees to managed care plans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 564-566

  Young, Mark J ^a,b,c,d   Lenhart, Jack ^a,b,c   Wasser, Thomas E ^a,b,c   Czerwonka, Christopher ^a,b,c   Davidyock, John ^a,b,c   Sussman, Elliot J ^a,b,c  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Moyer House ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Indemnity insurance plans; Managed care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE;

EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 0032883068     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.01569.x     Document Type: Article

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