| Conventional | HMO | PPO | POS |
FIRM SIZE | | | | |
Small (3-24 Workers) | 13%* | 23% | 39%* | 26%* |
Small (25-49 Workers) | 3 | 21 | 56 | 20 |
Small (50-199 Workers) | 4 | 20 | 64* | 12 |
ALL SMALL FIRMS (3-199 Workers) | 7% | 22% | 52% | 19% |
Midsize (200-999 Workers) | 5 | 23 | 59 | 13 |
Large (1,000-4,999 Workers) | 3 | 24 | 64* | 9* |
Jumbo (5,000 or More Workers) | 3 | 28 | 54 | 15 |
ALL LARGE FIRMS (200 or More Workers) | 3% | 26% | 57% | 14% |
REGION | | | | |
Northeast | 5% | 32%* | 40%* | 23%* |
Midwest | 5 | 21 | 64* | 10* |
South | 4 | 17* | 64* | 14 |
West | 5 | 36* | 44* | 15 |
INDUSTRY | | | | |
Mining/Construction/Wholesale | 4% | 14%* | 68%* | 13% |
Manufacturing | 4 | 24 | 62* | 10 |
Transportation/Communications/Utility | 5 | 26 | 65* | 5* |
Retail | 4 | 21 | 51 | 24 |
Finance | 4 | 25 | 54 | 17 |
Service | 6 | 26 | 46* | 22* |
State/Local Government | 5 | 32* | 50 | 14 |
Health Care | 4 | 25 | 64 | 8* |
ALL FIRM SIZES, REGIONS, AND INDUSTRIES | 5% | 25% | 55% | 15% |
* Estimate is statistically different from All Firms at p<.05.
Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits: 2004.