Market Structure of the Health Insurance Industry

Market Structure of the Health Insurance Industry
ISBN-10
1437926460
ISBN-13
9781437926460
Category
Health care reform
Pages
61
Language
English
Published
2010-04
Publisher
DIANE Publishing
Author
D. Andrew Austin

Description

Price Effects How price affects the demand for health insurance is an important piece of information given the ... and Stephen H. Long, “Worker Demand for Health Insurance in the Non-Group Market,” Journal of Health Economics, vol.

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