Pricing and welfare in health plan choice

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3214-3248

  Bundorf, M Kate ^a   Levin, Jonathan ^b   Mahoney, Neale ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; RISK; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST SHARING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; RISK; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84873282880     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3214     Document Type: Article

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