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Health insurance purchasing cooperatives.
S mall employers have particular disadvantages as purchasers of health insurance.They often are not well informed about the insurance options available to them because, unlike large employers, they do not have specialized staff to manage their employee benefit programs. Small business owners, who usually make decisions about insurance for their firms, typically have little time or expertise to ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107688107400702