Health insurance coverage of the unemployed: COBRA and the potential effects of Kassebaum-Kennedy

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-448

  Berger, Mark C ^a   Black, Dan A ^a   Scott, Frank A ^a   Chandra, Amitabh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040036751     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6688(199922)18:3<430::aid-pam7>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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