Is the individual market more than a bridge market? An analysis of disenrollment decisions

Inquiry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-396

  Marquis, M Susan ^a   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^a   Escarce, José J ^a,b   Kapur, Kanika ^a   Louis, Thomas A ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33645740440     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_42.4.381     Document Type: Review

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