Cost Sharing and the Changing Pattern of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits Academic Article

abstract

• One of the most striking features of American health care in the 1980s has been an apparent near- revolution in employer initiatives to control the costs of health- related fringe benefits. Reportedly, employers are redesigning group insurance plans to increase consumer cost sharing, offering employees the option of joining a health maintenance organization (HMO), increasing employee premium contributions, and implementing uti- lization review programs aimed at assessing the appropriateness of services. Because employers provide the major share of health insurance in the United States, these changes have important implications for the conduct and performance of medical care markets.

authors

• Morrisey, Michael

published proceedings

• The Milbank Memorial Fund quarterly

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Jensen, G. A., Morrisey, M. A., & Marcus, J. W.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• Jensen, GA||Morrisey, MA||Marcus, JW

publication date

• January 1987

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• The Milbank Memorial Fund quarterly  Journal

keywords

• 3 Good Health And Well Being
• Clinical Research
• Community Participation
• Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Cost Control
• Data Collection
• Deductibles And Coinsurance
• Evaluation Studies As Topic
• Generic Health Relevance
• Health Benefit Plans, Employee
• Health Services
• Insurance Benefits
• Insurance, Health
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/3349979

start page

• 521

end page

• 550

volume

• 65

issue

• 1

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being