Employer-sponsored insurance, health care cost growth, and the economic performance of u.s. industries

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 1449-1464

  Sood, Neeraj ^a   Ghosh, Arkadipta ^a   Escarce, José J ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Employer sponsored health insurance; Employment; Health care costs; Industry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69749119785     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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