Table I.A.2.e(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments offering health insurance by plan options and insurance offerings to retirees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

 

Characteristics

2 or more plans

Conventional indemnity

Any managed care

Exclusive provider

Preferred provider

Insurance to retirees under 65

Insurance to retirees over 65

With waiting period

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United States

29.7%

18.7%

88.3%

37.7%

64.1%

14.4%

13.0%

71.8%

Firm size

Less than 50 employees

13.5%

16.9%

85.2%

34.0%

55.3%

4.4%

4.6%

62.7%

50+ employees

56.3%

21.7%

93.5%

43.7%

78.7%

30.9%

27.0%

86.9%

Less than 10 employees

11.1%

18.4%

83.2%

33.8%

52.7%

3.5%

3.5%

52.0%

10-24 employees

15.0%

14.5%

87.9%

33.7%

58.1%

5.0%

4.9%

80.6%

25-99 employees

26.4%

12.6%

91.7%

35.8%

65.8%

9.4%

10.2%

87.0%

100-999 employees

39.5%

13.4%

93.2%

36.7%

74.0%

16.8%

14.6%

90.8%

1000+ employees

69.7%

27.7%

93.8%

48.5%

83.1%

41.8%

36.1%

84.7%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

13.6%

31.5%

71.1%

22.6%

52.8%

6.4%

4.6%

46.2%

Mining

29.5%

30.3%

82.6%

24.8%

76.7%

28.5%

30.2%

58.6%

Construction

14.4%

14.0%

87.9%

36.7%

55.1%

3.4%

4.2%

70.7%

Manufacturing

28.2%

15.9%

89.7%

41.9%

60.6%

15.9%

12.9%

82.9%

Transp., commu., util.

41.4%

22.3%

90.5%

44.6%

66.6%

27.9%

26.3%

81.8%

Wholesale

26.5%

15.9%

88.8%

32.7%

67.5%

14.9%

12.9%

75.8%

Retail

35.8%

20.8%

89.2%

37.5%

67.6%

16.2%

13.8%

82.1%

Fin., ins., real est.

48.8%

23.1%

93.0%

47.4%

74.4%

38.7%

34.2%

71.6%

Services

24.5%

16.9%

87.2%

35.9%

61.3%

7.4%

7.4%

63.7%

Unknown

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100.0%

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100.0%

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100.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

31.4%

18.6%

89.4%

37.8%

66.5%

16.4%

14.8%

75.2%

For profit, unincorporated

15.6%

20.6%

81.8%

34.4%

52.4%

5.8%

4.4%

60.2%

Nonprofit

27.8%

16.7%

87.6%

41.5%

57.0%

12.1%

11.9%

59.8%

Unknown

65.8%

19.6%

96.9%

37.3%

88.5%

14.8%

12.6%

88.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

14.0%

15.6%

86.5%

32.7%

58.5%

3.0%

2.6%

63.5%

5-9 years

14.8%

13.5%

88.4%

35.9%

57.3%

3.5%

2.9%

64.7%

10-19 years

17.9%

14.9%

87.7%

35.7%

58.5%

4.1%

4.2%

70.4%

20 or more years

30.8%

21.6%

86.8%

38.5%

63.3%

17.9%

16.7%

72.0%

Unknown

63.5%

22.5%

93.9%

42.8%

82.1%

35.1%

30.0%

84.1%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

53.2%

21.7%

92.9%

42.2%

77.8%

30.0%

26.2%

86.3%

1 location only

14.1%

16.8%

85.3%

34.7%

55.1%

4.1%

4.3%

62.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

26.7%

18.8%

87.1%

35.8%

61.7%

11.4%

10.3%

61.0%

25-49%

34.0%

22.0%

88.0%

35.3%

65.9%

12.9%

13.2%

77.2%

50-74%

28.4%

17.9%

88.1%

37.8%

63.4%

11.4%

10.0%

71.5%

75% or more

29.6%

18.5%

88.5%

38.0%

64.2%

15.3%

13.7%

71.9%

Union presence

No union employees

24.9%

17.5%

87.8%

35.2%

62.6%

10.5%

9.3%

70.9%

Has union employees

68.0%

31.2%

91.3%

56.7%

76.0%

40.1%

38.5%

76.3%

Unknown

57.0%

22.1%

92.9%

52.5%

73.1%

43.0%

39.4%

80.6%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

20.6%

21.6%

83.5%

31.7%

56.1%

7.9%

8.0%

64.2%

Less than 50% low wage

22.5%

17.2%

87.5%

36.3%

61.0%

10.0%

9.3%

70.2%

Unknown

60.9%

23.6%

93.2%

45.3%

78.9%

34.2%

29.6%

80.8%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

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Table I.A.2.e(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments offering health insurance by plan options and insurance offerings to retirees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

 

Characteristics

2 or more plans

Conventional indemnity

Any managed care

Exclusive provider

Preferred provider

Insurance to retirees under 65

Insurance to retirees over 65

With waiting period

__________

United States

0.53%

0.32%

0.24%

0.59%

0.54%

0.48%

0.43%

0.52%

Firm size

Less than 50 employees

0.37%

0.37%

0.36%

0.57%

0.84%

0.28%

0.24%

0.64%

50+ employees

0.66%

0.50%

0.41%

1.02%

0.65%

1.00%

0.88%

0.57%

Less than 10 employees

0.41%

0.47%

0.47%

0.71%

0.73%

0.32%

0.32%

0.77%

10-24 employees

1.15%

0.91%

0.89%

0.74%

1.19%

0.36%

0.42%

0.97%

25-99 employees

0.62%

0.67%

0.48%

1.12%

1.23%

0.77%

0.66%

0.80%

100-999 employees

1.06%

0.85%

0.45%

1.12%

1.18%

0.91%

0.86%

0.72%

1000+ employees

0.57%

1.19%

0.56%

1.34%

0.91%

1.51%

1.32%

0.84%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2.78%

2.32%

2.50%

2.93%

4.38%

2.10%

1.31%

3.25%

Mining

8.15%

10.89%

8.57%

7.29%

8.17%

7.67%

7.67%

5.48%

Construction

1.09%

1.28%

1.52%

1.56%

1.57%

0.68%

0.65%

1.88%

Manufacturing

1.37%

1.52%

0.93%

1.50%

1.74%

1.25%

0.69%

1.62%

Transp., commu., util.

2.66%

2.61%

1.38%

2.24%

2.03%

2.20%

2.05%

1.47%

Wholesale

2.11%

1.35%

1.37%

1.43%

1.45%

0.74%

0.83%

1.86%

Retail

1.13%

0.68%

0.44%

1.13%

0.82%

0.89%

0.79%

0.64%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.59%

1.42%

0.84%

1.86%

1.70%

2.87%

2.90%

1.53%

Services

0.46%

0.61%

0.55%

1.09%

1.29%

0.45%

0.49%

0.81%

Unknown

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31.62%

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31.62%

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31.62%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.59%

0.46%

0.36%

0.55%

0.44%

0.63%

0.56%

0.65%

For profit, unincorporated

1.16%

0.86%

0.88%

1.44%

1.62%

0.70%

0.64%

1.70%

Nonprofit

1.12%

1.09%

0.86%

1.42%

1.70%

0.90%

1.17%

1.50%

Unknown

3.84%

2.44%

0.77%

4.24%

1.87%

2.48%

2.49%

1.83%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

0.94%

0.99%

1.11%

1.80%

1.65%

0.42%

0.43%

1.80%

5-9 years

1.00%

1.36%

1.06%

1.85%

2.09%

0.66%

0.49%

1.67%

10-19 years

0.81%

0.58%

0.44%

1.27%

1.09%

0.49%

0.54%

1.12%

20 or more years

0.64%

0.53%

0.42%

0.99%

0.53%

0.77%

0.62%

0.65%

Unknown

0.89%

0.60%

0.48%

1.45%

0.84%

1.42%

1.41%

1.08%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.68%

0.49%

0.50%

1.03%

0.64%

1.03%

0.78%

0.55%

1 location only

0.35%

0.39%

0.36%

0.58%

0.74%

0.24%

0.22%

0.56%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.96%

1.54%

1.42%

2.57%

3.01%

1.92%

2.23%

2.16%

25-49%

2.72%

1.33%

1.06%

1.14%

1.65%

1.44%

1.51%

1.43%

50-74%

1.52%

1.01%

1.18%

1.02%

1.47%

0.81%

0.94%

1.87%

75% or more

0.46%

0.43%

0.19%

0.61%

0.53%

0.61%

0.56%

0.48%

Union presence

No union employees

0.54%

0.37%

0.29%

0.61%

0.60%

0.39%

0.37%

0.56%

Has union employees

1.37%

2.44%

0.81%

1.59%

2.29%

1.92%

1.73%

1.74%

Unknown

2.30%

1.97%

0.94%

3.02%

0.93%

2.12%

2.26%

1.68%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.79%

1.40%

1.29%

1.85%

2.54%

1.14%

1.42%

1.55%

Less than 50% low wage

0.47%

0.47%

0.33%

0.54%

0.50%

0.46%

0.34%

0.47%

Unknown

0.82%

0.91%

0.40%

1.15%

0.99%

1.47%

1.42%

1.07%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

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