Ignoring small predictable profits and losses: A new approach for measuring incentives for cream skimming

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Van Barneveld, Erik M ^a   Lamers, Leida M ^a   Van Vliet, René C J A ^a   Van De Ven, Wynand P M M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTIVATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034136764     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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