Health care 2009: Healthy competition - The why and how of "public-plan choice"

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2269-2271

  Hacker, Jacob S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC PLAN CHOICE PROGRAM; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249091915     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0903210     Document Type: Article

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