Are health insurance markets competitive?

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1399-1431

  Dafny, Leemore S ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956965097     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.4.1399     Document Type: Article

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