Small group employer participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance program: lessons for federal reform.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors associated with small group employer participation in New Mexico's State Coverage Insurance (SCI) program.

Data sources

Telephone surveys of employers participating in SCI (N=269) and small employers who inquired about SCI (N=148) were fielded September 2008-January 2009.

Study design

Descriptive and multivariate analyses investigated differences between employer samples, including employer characteristics, concerns that applied to the business when deciding whether to participate in SCI, prior offerings of insurance to workers, and perceived affordability of the program.

Data collection/extraction methods

Unweighted employer samples yielded 88 and 75 percent response rates for the participating and inquiring employers, respectivel

SUBMITTER: Sommers AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3037782 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature