Employee responses to health insurance premium increases

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Goldman, Dana P ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen A ^b   Robalino, David A ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST SHARING; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842263881     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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