Subsidies to employee health insurance premiums and the health insurance market

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-276

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a   Washington, Ebonya ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

After tax price; Health care expenditures; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; PRICE DYNAMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MARKET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TAX;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844271948     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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