Attrition in the RAND health insurance experiment: A response to Nyman

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-308

  Newhouse, Joseph P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Brook, Robert H ^j,k,l   Duan, Naihua ^m,n,o,p   Keeler, Emmett B ^e,l,q   Leibowitz, Arleen ^r,s   Manning, Willard G ^e,t   Marquis, M Susan ^u   Morris, Carl N ^v,w   Phelps, Charles E ^x   Rolph, John E ^y  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Faculty of Arts and Sciences

^e Institute of Medicine   (Sweden)

^f Association for Health Services Research

^g Academy Health

^h International Health Economics Association

ⁱ American Society of Health Economists

^j RAND Health   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Howard Hughes Medical Institute

ⁿ NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^p Institute of Mathematical Statistics

^q RAND

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s School of Public Health ^*

^t UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^u RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^v HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w RAND Health Insurance Experiment

^x UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

COST SHARING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 41149152848     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2007-061     Document Type: Note

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