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Predictors of health insurance uptake among residents of Lagos, Nigeria

Population Medicine, 2023
Introduction Health insurance is a health-financing mechanism to protect people from catastrophic healthcare costs and limits out-of-pocket spending on healthcare, which is directly linked to poverty.
Olufemi Erinoso, Afolabi Oyapero, Oluwabukunmi Familoye, Adenike Omosun, Adeyinka Adeniran, Yetunde Kuyinu   +5 more
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The Dutch health insurance reform: switching between insurers, a comparison between the general population and the chronically ill and disabled [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2008
On 1 January 2006 a number of far-reaching changes in the Dutch health insurance system came into effect. In the new system of managed competition consumer mobility plays an important role. Consumers are free to change their insurer and insurance plan every year.
de Jong, J.D, van den Brink-Muinen, A., Groenewegen, P.P.   +2 more
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Provincial Health Accounts in Kerman, Iran: An Evidence of a “Mixed” Healthcare Financing System [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014
Background Provincial Health Accounts (PHA) as a subset of National Health Accounts (NHA) present financial information for health sectors. It leads to a logical decision making for policy-makers in order to achieve health system goals, especially Fair
Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Mohammad Jafari, Javad Zeinali, Mina Ansari   +3 more
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Death Spiral or Euthanasia? The Demise of Generous Group Health Insurance Coverage [PDF]

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2007
Employers must determine the types of health care plans to offer and also set employee premiums for each plan provided. Depending on the structure of the employee share of premiums across different health insurance plans, the incentives to choose one plan over another are altered.
Mark V. Pauly, Olivia Mitchell, Yuhui Zeng   +2 more
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Association between GP characteristics and prescription patterns for antihypertensive drugs: a secondary data analysis in Normandy, France

BMC Primary Care
Background Essential hypertension incurs substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, particularly in primary prevention settings. General practitioners (GPs) play a pivotal role in the management of uncomplicated hypertension in primary care, yet
Andry Rabiaza, Marc Massenet, Françoise Legrand, Francis Kuhn, Sigolène Duver, Damien Legallois, Charles Dolladille, Joachim Alexandre, François LE Bas, Raphaëlle Delpech, Xavier Humbert   +10 more
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Impact of the abolition of copayments on the GP-centred coordination of care in Bavaria, Germany: analysis of routinely collected claims data

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives In 2012, Germany abolished copayment for consultations in ambulatory care. This study investigated the effect of the abolition on general practitioner (GP)-centred coordination of care.
Werner Maier, Antonius Schneider, Lars Schwettmann, Ewan Donnachie, Martin Tauscher, Roman Gerlach, Klaus Linde, Michaela Olm   +7 more
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Consultation paper on minimum benefit regulations in the Irish private health insurance market [PDF]

, 2010
prescribed minimum benefits in the regulated health insurance system is desirable. She has asked the Health Insurance Authority to consult in relation to minimum benefits to be provided by insurers.
The Health Insurance Authority
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The Health Insurance Authority annual report 2007 [PDF]

, 2008
Annual Report & Accounts for The Health Insurance Authority ...
The Health Insurance Authority
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The Perceptions and Acceptance of General Population toward the National Health Insurance Program in Iraq

Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
   The new Iraqi health insurance plan was approved by the Iraqi parliament in 2021 and became a law that should be implemented in the next couple of years.
Sara Asaad Kadhim, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili, Ehab AbdulKareem Khalaf , Noha H. Helmy, Majd Al-hurr , Bernard Sorofman, William Doucette   +6 more
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Impact of pre-existing mental health diagnoses on development of post-COVID and related symptoms: a claims data-based cohort study

Scientific Reports
This study aimed to examine the association of prior mental health diagnoses with the onset of Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC). We conducted a retrospective comparative cohort study and secondary analysis of routinely collected claims data from ...
Anna Greißel, Antonius Schneider, Ewan Donnachie, Roman Gerlach, Martin Tauscher, Alexander Hapfelmeier   +5 more
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