The Health Insurance Study

Experimentation and Health Financing Policy

Larry L. Orr

ResearchPosted on rand.org 1974Published in: Inquiry, v. 11, no. 1, Mar. 1974, p. 28-39

A major component of the Health Insurance Study is the implementation of the Health Insurance Experiment, a large-scale experimental field research project. This article discusses the empirical issues that arise in the attempt to design a financing system to implement the policy objectives determined by the political process.

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  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 1974
  • Pages: 6
  • Document Number: EP-197403-02

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