Health reform, health insurance, and selection: Estimating selection into health insurance using the massachusetts health reform

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-501

  Hackmann, Martin B ^a   Kolstad, Jonathan T ^b   Kowalski, Amanda E ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MASSACHUSETTS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASSACHUSETTS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84863219620     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.3.498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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