The Effects of Reinsurance in Financing Children's Health Care

This paper examines the effects of reinsurance on the financial performance of health plans serving enrollees in a State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). We demonstrate that simple reinsurance policies can reduce substantially the variation in the financial performance of plans with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David E.M. Sappington, Sema K. Aydede, Andrew Dick, Bruce Vogel, Elizabeth Shenkman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-02-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_43.1.23