Health insurance take-up by the near-elderly

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2054-2073

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^b,c   Ohri, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Demand for health insurance; Early retiree; Near elderly; Price elasticity; Take up

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PENSIONER; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751030974     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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