The American Health Care System - Employer-sponsored health coverage

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-252

  Kuttner, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGED CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; FAMILY MEMBERS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; COST SHARING; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0033590461     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901213400324     Document Type: Review

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