How much risk pooling is there in the individual insurance market?

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1782-1800

  Marquis, M Susan ^a   Buntin, Melinda Beeuwkes ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Health insurance; Risk pooling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; MARKET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; COST SHARING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE POOLS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RISK;

EID: 33748937892     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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