Employer choices of family premium sharing

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-47

  Vistnes, Jessica Primoff ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^b   Jensen, Gail A ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee premium contributions; Employer sponsored health insurance coverage; Two worker households

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COST SHARING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645838631     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-006-5560-y     Document Type: Article

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