2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey

Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey

The 2006 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefit Survey is available at http://www.kff.org/insurance/7527/

This annual survey of employers provides detailed insights into trends in employer-based health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing policies and other relevant information. The 2004 survey included 3,017 randomly selected public and private firms with three or more employees (1,925 of which responded to the full survey and 1,092 of which responded to an additional question about offering coverage). The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust jointly conduct the survey.

Use the links below to download a printable version.

Full Report (.pdf)

Survey Design and Methods (.pdf)
Section 1:	Cost of Health Insurance (.pdf)
Section 2:	Health Benefits Offer Rates (.pdf)
Section 3:	Employee Coverage, Eligibility, and Participation (.pdf)
Section 4:	Health Insurance Choice (.pdf)
Section 5:	Market Shares of Health Plans (.pdf)
Section 6:	Employee Contributions for Premiums (.pdf)
Section 7:	Employee Cost Sharing (.pdf)
Section 8:	Health Benefits (.pdf)
Section 9:	Prescription Drugs and Mental Health Benefits (.pdf)
Section 10:	Plan Funding (.pdf)
Section 11:	Retiree Health Benefits (.pdf)
Section 12:	Employer Opinions and Health Management Programs (.pdf)

Summary of Findings (.pdf)

Chart Pack (.pdf)

Updates and Errata to the Print Version

Archive of All Employer Health Benefits Surveys

The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust have conducted this annual survey since 1999. The archives of the Employer Health Benefits Survey include these surveys and a small business supplement of the 1998 survey conducted by the Foundation.

Materials from the September 9th Survey Release

News Release

Agenda (.pdf)

Posters (.pdf)

Speaker Biographies (.pdf)

Webcast

Information provided by the Health Care Marketplace Project
Publication Number: 7148
Publish Date: 2004-09-09