Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Mandated Benefit Laws

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-459

  Jensen, Gail A ^a,b   Morrisey, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033255489     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00147     Document Type: Article

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