Simulating the effects of employer contributions on adverse selection and health plan choice - Health Plan Choice

Health Services Research,  Oct, 1999  by M. Susan Marquis,  Joan L. Buchanan

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Address correspondence and requests for reprints to M. Susan Marquis, Ph.D., Senior Economist, RAND, 1333 H Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. Joan L. Buchanan, Ph.D. is Senior Researcher, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. This article, submitted to Health Services Research on January 8, 1998, was revised and accepted for publication on September 21, 1998.

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