Small firms' actions in two Areas, and exchange premium and enrollment impact

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 324-331

  Eibner, Christine ^a   Price, Carter C ^a   Vardavas, Raffaele ^a   Cordova, Amado ^a   Girosi, Federico ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858588257     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1024     Document Type: Article

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