The health plan choices of retirees under managed competition

Health Services Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 949-976

  Buchmueller, T C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health plan choice; Managed competition; Price elasticity; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICARE; PENSIONER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST SHARING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MEDIGAP; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0034544649     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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