Consumer mobility in social health insurance markets: A five-country comparison

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-241

  Laske Aldershof, Trea ^a   Schut, Erik ^a   Beck, Konstantin ^b   Greaß, Stefan ^c   Shmueli, Amir ^d   Van De Voorde, Carine ^e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CSS Insurance ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SWITZERLAND;

BELGIUM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ISRAEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; POLICY MAKING; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 22544461963     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200403040-00006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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