A reappraisal of private employers' role in providing health insurance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Carrasquillo, Olveen ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^b,c   Woolhandler, Steffie ^b,c   Bor, David H ^b,c  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MILITARY SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033552863     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901143400206     Document Type: Article

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