Health plan switching among members of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

Inquiry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Atherly, Adam ^a   Florence, Curtis ^a   Thorpe, Kenneth E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 28544442323     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_42.3.255     Document Type: Article

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