Defining essential health benefits - The view from the IOM Committee

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1461-1463

  Iglehart, John K ^a  

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Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 80054738306     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1109982     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Institute of Medicine Committee on Defining and Revising an Essential Health Benefits Package for Qualified Health Plans. Report on essential health benefits: balancing coverage and costs. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, October 7, 2011.
2. Department of Labor. Selected medical benefits: a report from the Department of Labor to the Department of Health and Human Services. 2011. (http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/selmedbensreport.pdf.)
3. Letter to Senator Evan Bayh from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf: an analysis of health insurance premiums under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2009. (http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10781/11-30-premiums. pdf.)
4. Eibner C, Girosi F, Price CC, et al. Establishing state health insurance exchanges: implications for health insurance enrollment, spending, and small businesses. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2010. (http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical- reports/TR825.html.)