hmo: HMO premiums

Description Usage Format Details

Description

A dataset containing has one row for each of 341 healthcare plans offered by health maintenance organizations (HMOs). For state-level data, see hmo_states.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 340 rows and 6 variables:

state

the state (two-letter abbreviation).

plan

a two-character code identifying the plan.

indPrem

total premium for an individual (dollars).

famPrem

total premium for a family (dollars).

indEnr

total enrollment of federal employees as individuals (number of persons).

famEnr

total enrollment of federal employees as famlilies (number of families).

Details

This dataset was assembled in the mid-1990s to estimate the cost of moving families from a Department of Defense healthcare plan to private plans. See James Hodges, "Richly Parameterized Linear Models" (2013) for details and analysis.


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