The RAND health insurance experiment, three decades later

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-222

  Aron Dine, Aviva ^a   Einav, Liran ^b,c   Finkelstein, Amy ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST SHARING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874609435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.1.197     Document Type: Article

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