The effect of narrow provider networks on health care use

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-98

  Atwood, Alicia ^a   Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit design; Health insurance; Narrow networks; Selective contracting; Small group market

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; NETWORK DESIGN; SERVICE PROVISION;

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARKET; MONEY; COST CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988949616     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.09.007     Document Type: Article

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