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The National
Employer Health Insurance Survey
The National Center for Heath Statistics has released information from the National Employer Health Insurance Survey (NEHIS). NEHIS is the first federally sponsored survey designed to produce State estimates of employer-sponsored health insurance. Data are based on responses from 34,604 private establishments (business locations) obtained in computer-assisted telephone interviews. This report, "Employer-sponsored Health Insurance: State and National Estimates," examines the availability of employer-sponsored health insurance in the private sector, coverage levels, characteristics of coverage offered, and characteristics of employers. National and State estimates are presented. State-level findings are presented to allow State health policy makers to monitor State programs as well as to compare their status with other States.
Data Highlights:
At
the end of 1993, 52 percent of private sector establishments sponsored
group health insurance and 58 percent of employees participated in their
health plans.
Firm
size was one of the most important determinants of whether a business
offered health insurance. One-third of establishments that belong to firms
with less than 10 employees offered health insurance compared with 96
percent of establishments in firms of 100 or more employees.
Approximately
56 percent of establishments sponsoring health insurance offered managed
care plans, 26 percent offered a health maintenance organization (HMO),
and 35 percent a preferred provider organization (PPO) plan.
Approximately
74 percent of private establishments that offered health insurance in the
United States required employees work, on average, a minimum of 32 hours
per week to be eligible for health benefits.
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