Price and the health plan choices of retirees

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Buchmueller, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health plan choice; Managed competition; Medicare reform; Premium elasticity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETIREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PENSIONER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; RETIREMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244437529     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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