The federal employees health benefits plan

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-217

  Feldman, Roger ^a   Thorpe, Kenneth E ^b   Gray, Bradley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942657254     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0895330027201     Document Type: Review

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