Medical care price indexes for patients with employer-provided insurance: Nationally representative estimates from MarketScan data

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1173-1190

  Dunn, Abe ^a   Liebman, Eli ^a   Pack, Sarah ^a   Shapiro, Adam Hale ^b  

^a Bureau of Economic Analysis   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT INFORMATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877604974     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12008     Document Type: Article

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