Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits Survey

Collected By: Kaiser Family Foundation

Sample Coverage and Dataset Characteristics: An annual survey to detail how employer coverage is changing over time in terms of availability, costs and coverage for the 158 million people nationally who rely on employer-sponsored health insurance.  The 2007 survey included 3,078 randomly selected, non-federal public and private firms with three or more employees.

Key Variables: Employer-sponsored health coverage; Premiums; Employee contributions and cost-sharing; 1,997 respondents completed the full survey and 1,081 responded to a single question about offering coverage.

Documentation: The 2008 survey is available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/7790/

Indicative Studies/Presentations: Claxton, G., Gabel, J., DiJulio, B., et. al. (2007). Health Benefits In 2007: Premium Increases Fall To An Eight-Year Low, While Offer Rates And Enrollment Remain Stable. Health Affairs, 26(5), 1407-1416