Determinants of the Percent of the Population Enrolled in HMOs

Alexander, Gigi and Cebula, Richard and Saadatmand, Yassamand (2005): Determinants of the Percent of the Population Enrolled in HMOs. Published in: The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge , Vol. 9, No. 2 (30 September 2006): pp. 32-37.

Abstract

This study seeks to identify key determinants of the percent of the population enrolled in HMOs. The HMO enrollment rate is an increasing function of the unionization rate and female labor force participation rate, while being a decreasing function of the poverty rate, the unemployment rate, and the percent of the population filing a schedule C on their federal income tax returns.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: health insurance; poverty; unionization; unemployment; female labor force participation
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I14 - Health and Inequality; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination

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