title: Prevalence of selected employer health insurance purchasing strategies in 1997.
abstract: This paper provides information about the nationwide prevalence of selected employer health insurance purchasing strategies. These strategies include raising the share of medical costs borne by employees; the use of quality information in choosing which plans to offer; and direct contracting with provider systems. The data are primarily from the 1997 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey.
authors.affiliation: RAND, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Marquis
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D017047:Cost Sharing; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019468:Disease Management; D017754:Group Purchasing / Q000379:methods*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States