Employer-sponsored health insurance and the promise of health insurance reform

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-202

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a,b   Monheit, Alan C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^d RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 69449094939     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.02.187     Document Type: Review

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