title: Self-insured health plans.
abstract: Nationwide, 8 percent of all employment-related health plans were self-insured in 1984, which translates into more than 175,000 self-insured plans according to our latest study of independent health plans. The propensity of an organization to self-insure differs primarily by its size, with large establishments more likely to self-insure. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the self-insured benefit was hospital and/or medical. Among employers who self-insure, 23 percent self-administer, and the remaining 77 percent hire a commercial insurance company, Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan, or an independent third-party administrator to administer the health plan.
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003625:Data Collection; D006076:Government; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D007221:Industry; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007750:Labor Unions; D009938:Organizations; D012067:Religion; D012574:Schools; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States