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The Importance Of Health Insurance Policy On Purchase Intention / Continuance – An Empirical Study In Malaysia [PDF]

, 2012
Penduduk seluruh dunia menyedari kepentingan polisi insurans kesihatan untuk menangani isu yang tidak diduga kepastiannya pada masa ini. People all of over the world realized the importance of health insurance policy as the unforeseen uncertainties ...
Aliza, Naseem
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Inequality in the Distribution of Health Expenditures in 22 Districts of Tehran

Journal of Community Health Research, 2014
Background and purpose: In 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the fairness of financial contribution to health care costs, as one of the three goals of health systems.
Mohammad Hossein Ghafoori, Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Mohammad Arab, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Negar Yusef Zadeh, Aziz Rezapour   +5 more
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Out of pocket and catastrophic health expenditure in Tanzania: recent evidence on the incidence, intensity and distribution

BMC Health Services Research
Background In most low-income countries (LICs), health is mainly financed by out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures. However, it is claimed that this form of payment causes a massive burden on poor households. This study investigates the catastrophic impact of
John Massito, Gabriel Hinju
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National Catastrophic Drug Insurance Revisited: Who Would Benefit from Senator Kirby's Recommendations? [PDF]

The recent "Romanow" and "Kirby" inquiries into the Canadian health care system recommended a publicly funded catastrophic prescription drug insurance program to protect Canadians from potentially ruinous drug costs.
Michael R. Veall, Paul V. Grootendorst, Thomas F. Crossley   +2 more
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Out-of-Pocket Maximum Rules under a Compulsatory Health Care Insurance Scheme: A Choice between Equality and Equity [PDF]

Using the microsimulation model ARAMMIS, this study attempts to measure the impacts of introducing an out-of-pocket (OOP) maximum threshold, or a safety net threshold, on consumer copayments for health care financed by the abolition of the Long-term ...
Christine Sorasith, Thierry Debrand
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Reinsurance in State Health Reform [PDF]

, 2008
Based on the experiences of three states, formal modeling, quantitative estimates, and qualitative assessments, explores the impact of and issues involved in publicly funding reinsurance for insurers as a way to expand or maintain private ...
Bowen Garrett, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Paul B. Masi, Randall R. Bovbjerg   +3 more
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Measurement and Explanation of Inequality in Health and Health Care in Low-Income Settings [PDF]

This paper describes approaches to the measurement and explanation of income-related inequality and inequity in health care financing, health care utilization and health and considers the applicability and the feasibility of these methods in low-income ...
O'Donnell, Owen, van Doorslaer, Eddy
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Feasibility of Supplemental Funds from the Private Sector for Catastrophic Illness Financing [PDF]

, 2014
Catastrophic illnesses can push a household into poverty by causing unmanageable, or catastrophic, expenditures for their treatment or management. Kalusugan Pangkalahatan aims to provide financial risk protection for the poor.
Juban, Noel R., Reverente, Benito Jr. R., Santos, Maria Socorro S.D.   +2 more
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Household catastrophic health expenditures for rheumatoid arthritis: a single centre study from South India. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Bagepally BS, Kumar SS, Sasidharan A, Haridoss M, Venkataraman K.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Policy analysis of the protection of Iranian households against catastrophic health expenditures: a qualitative analysis. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2023
Hedayati M, Masoudi Asl I, Maleki M, Fazaeli AA, Goharinezhad S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source