Health insurance enrollment decisions: Preferences for coverage, worker sorting, and insurance take-up

Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-167

  Monheit, Alan C ^a,b,d   Vistnes, Jessica Primoff ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;

EID: 50249161975     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.02.153     Document Type: Article

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