Putting health back into health insurance choice

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 337-355

  Atanasov, Pavel ^a   Baker, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer issues; employer health plans; health insurance choice; health spending

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84903837969     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558714533821     Document Type: Article

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