Employee choice of a high-deductible health plan across multiple employers

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 138-154

  Lave, Judith R ^a   Men, Aiju ^a   Day, Brian T ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Zhang, Yuting ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Highmark Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer driven health plan; high deductible health plan; risk segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650981093     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01167.x     Document Type: Article

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