What's driving the downward trend in employer-sponsored health insurance?

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2074-2096

  Shen, Yu Chu ^a,b   Long, Sharon K ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employer sponsored health insurance; Low income workers; Premiums

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751054434     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00590.x     Document Type: Review

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