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Health shocks in China : are the poor and uninsured less protected ? [PDF]

open access: yes
Health shocks have been shown to have important economic consequences in industrial countries. Less is known about how health shocks affect income, consumption, labor market outcomes, and medical expenditures in middle- and low-income countries.
Lindelow, Magnus, Wagstaff, Adam
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Effect of Broad‐Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Post‐Pancreatoduodenectomy Infectious Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using a nationwide Japanese inpatient database, we evaluated whether broad‐spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis improves postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with narrow‐spectrum antibiotics. In propensity score–weighted analyses of 45 099 patients, broad‐spectrum prophylaxis was associated with significantly lower rates of intra ...
Hiroki Kitagawa   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Income Redistribution and the Political Economy of Social Health Insurance: Comparing Germany and Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes
In many countries, collectively financed health insurance systems or health services delivery systems (such as the NHS) exist. Typically, these institutions are financed via general taxes or specific contributions levied on earnings.
Friedrich Breyer
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Pelaksanaan Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan oleh Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan di Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Petala Bumi Provinsi Riau [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Social Security Agency of Health is an agency established by the Government which is responsible for providing kesejehteraan people in terms of health.
Hanifah, M. (Mardalena)   +2 more
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Age and Regional Trends in Groin Hernia Surgery in Japan: An Analysis of Laparoscopic Repair, Outpatient Surgery, and Manual Reduction Using National Database Open Data

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using National Database open data from 2014 to 2023, this nationwide study visualizes age‐, sex‐, and region‐specific trends in groin hernia surgery in Japan. Laparoscopic surgery, outpatient surgery, and manual reduction were analyzed to estimate lifetime surgical burden and patterns of emergency‐related healthcare utilization at the population level.
Masanori Sato   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preventive Care, Care for Children and National Health Insurance [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this paper is to examine issues related to the coverage of preventive care under national health insurance. Four specific kinds of medical care services are included under the rubric of preventive care: prenatal care; pediatric care ...
Gilbert R. Ghez, Michael Grossman
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The effect of publicly provided health insurance on academic performance in Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this paper we study the causal effect of a large expansion of publicly provided health insurance on children's academic performance using the case of Mexico.
Alcaraz, Carlo   +3 more
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Artificial Intelligence for Bone: Theory, Methods, and Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) offer the potential to improve bone research. The current review explores the contributions of AI to pathological study, biomarker discovery, drug design, and clinical diagnosis and prognosis of bone diseases. We envision that AI‐driven methodologies will enable identifying novel targets for drugs discovery. The
Dongfeng Yuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Cases of Violating the Regulations of Medical Services Insurance Organization in Isfahan Province, Iran

open access: yesمدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2012
• Introduction: The rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. Uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. Abuse of health insurance wastes
Arash Ghodoosi   +3 more
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Building Loss Models [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper is intended as a guide to building insurance risk (loss) models. A typical model for insurance risk, the so-called collective risk model, treats the aggregate loss as having a compound distribution with two main components: one characterizing ...
Joanna Janczura   +2 more
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