Switching health insurance plans: Results from a health survey

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-328

  Lako, Christiaan J ^a   Rosenau, Pauline ^b   Daw, Chris ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c The Center for Construction Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Insurance; Purchasing Groups; Survey; Switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; GROUP PURCHASING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84655175081     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-010-0154-8     Document Type: Review

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