Gold and Silver health plans: Accommodating demand heterogeneity in managed competition

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1011-1019

  Glazer, Jacob ^a,b   McGuire, Thomas G ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health insurance; Managed competition

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAVY METAL; HETEROGENEITY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; MEDICAL FEE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; TAX;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANAGED COMPETITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052857725     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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