Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Trends in Cost and Access. Table 1. Offer, Eligibility, and Enrollment Rates among Private-sector Employees, 1996-2002

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Table 1. Offer, Eligibility, and Enrollment Rates among Private-sector Employees, 1996-2002

Private-sector employees	1996	2002	Percent change
All employees
Offer	86.5	88.3	+1.8
Eligibility	81.3	77.1	-4.2
Enrollment	69.6	62.4	-7.2
Enrollment-when-eligible^a	88.5	81.0	-4.5
Full-time employees
Offer	89.9	91.3	+1.4
Eligibility	89.7	87.3	-2.4
Enrollment	77.9	72.6	-5.3
Enrollment-when-eligible	86.9	83.1	-3.8
Part-time employees
Offer	71.2	76.5	+5.3
Eligibility	33.6	28.1	-5.5
Enrollment	21.5	14.2	-7.3
Enrollment-when-eligible	64.0	50.7	-13.3

^aRatio of the enrollment rate to the eligibility rate.

Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Insurance Component Analytical Tool (MEPSnet/IC) {online database}. Web site: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetIC.jsp. Accessed Aug. 4, 2004.

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