Multiple payers, commonality and free-riding in health care: Medicare and private payers

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1049-1069

  Glazer, Jacob ^a   McGuire, Thomas G ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Medicare; Quality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTRACT SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036852206     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(02)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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