Risk adjustment and risk selection in Europe: 6 years later

Health Policy

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 162-179

  van de Ven, Wynand P M M ^a   Beck, Konstantin ^b   Van de Voorde, Carine ^c   Wasem, Jürgen ^d   Zmora, Irit ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Insurance market; Managed care; Regulated competition; Risk adjustment; Risk selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EUROPE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; ISRAEL; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANAGED COMPETITION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 34547924452     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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