Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996: Lessons from the states

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 692-705

  Hing, Esther ^a   Jensen, Gail A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

State small group reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033163333     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199907000-00009     Document Type: Article

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