| Author: | Blum, T. |
| Title: | Workplace characteristics and health care cost containment practices |
| Journal: | Journal of Management
1996 : VOL. 22:5, p. 675-702 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT HEALTH COSTS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Working from an institutional perspective, this study tested hypotheses about the relationships between workplace characteristics and health care cost containment practices. The analyses show that urban location of the workplace, number of employees, and education level of the workforce are related to three different cost containment strategies: the management of utilization with traditional indemnity insurance plans; offering of alternative health insurance plans (HMOs); and employee development relative to health care consumption. |
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