Quality and employers' choice of health plans

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 471-492

  Chernew, Michael ^a,b,c   Gowrisankaran, Gautam ^c,d   McLaughlin, Catherine ^a   Gibson, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fringe benefits; Health insurance; Health plan performance; Health plan quality; I1

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342598384     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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