Washington State Employer Health Insurance Data Book
March 2007
This report summarizes data contained in the Washington State Employer Health Insurance Database. The database includes estimates of health insurance offers, enrollments and expenditures for over 97,000 employers in Washington State.
The following health insurance information was imputed for each firm:
- Health insurance offer status
- Health insurance enrollment, eligibility, and take-up rates among firms that offer coverage
- Total numbers enrolled and not enrolled in own employer-provided coverage
- Health insurance premiums
- Total health insurance expenditures and average expenditures per worker and per enrollee
- Employee health care contributions
The database also includes information on firm characteristics-industry, wages, employment levels, gross income, and various taxes and fund contributions.
Three main data sources were used to construct the database:
- Washington State Employment Security Department, 2005 Employee Benefits Survey.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management, Employment Security Department, Department of Revenue, Department of Labor and Industries: 2005 Business Tax & Premium Database.
- US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC).
Download the Washington State Employer Health Insurance Data Book (pdf)
Last modified: March 28, 2007
E-mail: OFM.Forecasting@ofm.wa.gov
