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1 online resource (xvii, 62 pages) : illustrations |
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Rand Corporation technical report series ; TR-559-EMKF |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-559-EMKF.
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"This research was conducted within the Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy in the Rand Institute for Civil Justice"--Preface |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-62). |
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Data -- ch. 3. Methods -- ch. 4. Results -- ch. 5. Limitations -- ch. 6. Discussion -- ch. 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Supporting data. |
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- Introduction; Background; Motivation; Approach; Overview of This Report; Chapter Two -- Data; Chapter Three -- Methods; Chapter Four -- Results; Employer Health-Insurance Burdens; Sensitivity Analyses With Very Small Firms; Plan Quality; Chapter Five -- Limitations; Chapter Six -- Discussion; Overall Results; Growth in Health-Insurance Burden at Small Firms; Differences Between Small and Large Firms; Distribution of Health-Insurance Burden Among Offering Firms; Components of Employer Cost Burden. |
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More than 60 percent of nonelderly Americans receive health-insurance (HI) coverage through employers, either as policyholders or as dependents. However, rising health-care costs are leading many to question the long-term viability of the employer-based insurance system. Concerns about the economic burden of providing HI are particularly acute for small businesses, which are both less likely than larger firms to offer HI and more sensitive to price when deciding to offer insurance. Small firms may have difficulty containing costs due to their limited bargaining power and their inability to hir. |
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English. |
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Employer-sponsored health insurance -- United States -- Costs.
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Small business -- Employees -- Medical care -- United States -- Costs.
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Medical care, Cost of.
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics |
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- trends |
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Health Care Costs |
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Health Expenditures |
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Quality of Health Care -- economics |
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United States |
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Assurance-maladie collective -- États-Unis -- Coût.
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Soins médicaux -- Coût.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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Medical care, Cost of
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Statistics |
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Statistics
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Statistics.
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Statistiques.
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Kauffman-RAND Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy.
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Institute for Civil Justice (U.S.)
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Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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Print version: Eibner, Christine. Economic burden of providing health insurance. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2008 9780833044112 (DLC) 2008012556 (OCoLC)213489632 |
| ISBN |
9780833045027 (electronic bk.) |
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0833045024 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833047823 (electronic bk.) |
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0833047825 (electronic bk.) |
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1281736767 |
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9781281736765 |
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9786611736767 |
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661173676X |
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9780833044112 |
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0833044117 |
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