| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w11436 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 11436 |
| Firms' Demand for Employment-Based Mental Health Benefits | |
| Judith Shinogle; David Salkever | |
| 发表日期 | 2005-06-27 |
| 出版年 | 2005 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Employment-based health insurance is the main source of health coverage for the non-elderly. Few previous studies have examined the factors that impact employer decision-making in selecting the coverage to offer to their employees and none have examined generosity of mental health coverage. This paper uses cross-sectional data from a survey of medium to large firms, including information on employee characteristics, to examine the empirical determinants of mental health coverage choices. We find that the firm's demand for mental health coverage is strongly influenced by employee characteristics. We also find that certain state and local policy interventions directed at enhancing access to mental health care have impacts on coverage decisions. Specifically, public provision of mental health lowers mental health coverage generosity and parity legislation increases mental health generosity. Future research with panel data is warranted to examine the causal effects of these policies. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w11436 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/569079 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Judith Shinogle,David Salkever. Firms' Demand for Employment-Based Mental Health Benefits. 2005. |
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| w11436.pdf（314KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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