Preferences and choices for care and health insurance

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2448-2459

  van den Berg, Bernard ^a,b   Van Dommelen, Paula ^b   Stam, Piet ^c,d   Laske Aldershof, Trea ^e   Buchmueller, Tom ^f   Schut, Frederik T ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Agis Health Insurance   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Health insurance; Managed competition; Preferences; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; INCENTIVE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43249100834     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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