Who uses flexible spending accounts: Effects of employee characteristics and employer strategies

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 661-669

  Feldman, Roger ^a,c   Schultz, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible spending accounts; Health insurance; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST SHARING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 0035403092     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200107000-00003     Document Type: Article

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