Risk Segmentation and Risk Adjustment in Health Reform

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1996

Summary:

Summarizes principles of risk, risk segmentation, and risk adjustment in health insurance. Risk segmentation is the concentration of healthier and sicker persons in different health care plans. Risk adjustment entails correcting for risk segmentation by shifting money from plans with healthier enrollees to those with sicker enrollees

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Risk Segmentation and Risk Adjustment in Health Reform

Publisher Number:

CRS-1996-EPW-0109

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