An examination of flexible spending accounts

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 935-954

  Cardon, James H ^a   Showalter, Mark H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible spending accounts; Insurance; Tax expenditure

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC SPENDING;

ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SERVICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MANAGED COMPETITION; MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; TAX EXEMPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034776789     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(01)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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