Employer health insurance offerings and employee enrollment decisions

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1259-1278

  Polsky, Daniel ^a   Stein, Rebecca ^a,b   Nicholson, Sean ^b,c   Bundorf, M Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Health insurance premiums; Managed care; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26644448206     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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