Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence from the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program
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- Karen Eggleston & Anupa Bir, 2009. "Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence From the Massachusetts State Employee Insurance Program," Journal of Risk & Insurance, The American Risk and Insurance Association, vol. 76(1), pages 159-175, March.
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Keywords
risk selection; managed health care; shadow price; mixed payment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2006-04-22 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2006-04-22 (Insurance Economics)
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