Employer-sponsored health insurance for early retirees: Impacts on retirement, health, and health care

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-147

  Strumpf, Erin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early retirement; Employer sponsored health insurance; Health care utilization; Out of pocket medical spending

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953360141     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-009-9072-4     Document Type: Article

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