Risk selection in the German public health insurance system

Health Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1253-1271

  Nuscheler, Robert ^a   Knaus, Thomas ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health insurance choice; Risk selection; Sickness fund competition; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 25444504625     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1005     Document Type: Article

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