Competition in health insurance markets: Limitations of current measures for policy analysis

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Scanlon, Dennis P ^a   Chernew, Michael ^b   Swaminathan, Shailender ^c   Lee, Woolton ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Health maintenance organizations (HMOS); Insurance; Managed care; Markets

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; COMPETITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICISM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VARIANCE;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750537794     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558706293834     Document Type: Review

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