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Compulsory Health Insurance [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1917
To the Editor: -The numerous letters on health insurance contained inThe Journal, March 10, 1917, prompt me to remind your readers of one or two facts which have been overlooked by your correspondents. It is suggested by Dr. Albert Bowen of Rochester, N. Y., that the remedy for inadequate wages, insufficient to meet the expenses of illness, is higher
Marc Schulman
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Epidemiological disease burden and annual, nationwide health insurance treatment cost of female infertility based on real-world health insurance claims data in Hungary [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Infertility affects more than 50 million couples worldwide, resulting in a significant burden on individuals and society. Its prevalence ranges from 8–12% among developed countries.
Dalma Pónusz-Kovács, Tímea Csákvári, Luca Fanni Sántics-Kajos, Diána Elmer, Róbert Pónusz, Bettina Kovács, Ákos Várnagy, Kálmán Kovács, József Bódis, Imre Boncz   +9 more
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Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship Between Prescribing Institutions and Medication Adherence Among Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes in Korea [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2023
Objectives This study investigated the relationship between prescribing institutions and medication adherence among patients newly diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes.
Haryeom Ghang, Juhyang Lee
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Data resource profile: the allergic disease database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2021
Researchers have been interested in probing how the environmental factors associated with allergic diseases affect the use of medical services. Considering this demand, we have constructed a database, named the Allergic Disease Database, based on the ...
Sunyong Yoo, Dong-Wook Kim, Young-Eun Kim, Jong Heon Park, Yeon-Yong Kim, Kyu-dong Cho, Mi-Ji Gwon, Jae-In Shin, Eun-Joo Lee   +8 more
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Healthcare utilisation for elderly people at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background At the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care systems were severely disrupted in many countries and in particular, elderly people vulnerable to COVID-19 may have been reluctant to receive their medical treatment.
K. Park, J. Byeon, Y. Yang, H. Cho
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Managing health insurance using blockchain technology [PDF]

Healthcare Technologies, Chap. 4, pp. 89-125, 2023
Health insurance plays a significant role in ensuring quality healthcare. In response to the escalating costs of the medical industry, the demand for health insurance is soaring. Additionally, those with health insurance are more likely to receive preventative care than those without health insurance.
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Effect of mobile phone-based health insurance contribution payment system on retention of coverage in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: an evaluation study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Ghana introduced a mobile phone-based contribution payment system in its national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in December 2018 to improve the process of enrolment.
Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Mariam Musah, Collins Danso Akuamoah, Francis Asenso-Boadi, Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei, Bernard Okoe Boye   +5 more
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Risk for metabolic syndrome in the population with visceral fat area measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021
Background/Aims To investigate whether visceral fat area (VFA) measured by bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was associated with metabolic syndrome in subjects with and without obesity.
Han Ho Jeon, Yong Kang Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Haeyong Pak, Sang Yun Shin, Jeong Hun Seo   +5 more
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Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 death among older patients at long-term care hospitals in Korea

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionLong-term care hospitals are known to be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and death given their numerous older chronic disease patients. However, the actual effect of long-term care hospital admission is not well known in Korea; hence, this
Jeong-Yeon Seon, Sunjea Kim, Min Kyoung Lim, In-Hwan Oh   +3 more
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On discrimination in health insurance [PDF]

Social Choice and Welfare, 2019
In many countries, private health insurance companies are allowed to vary their premiums based on some information on individuals. This practice is intuitively justified by the idea that people should pay the premium corresponding to their own known risk. However, one may consider this as a form of discrimination or wrongful differential treatment. Our
Boyer-Kassem, Thomas, Duchêne, Sébastien   +1 more
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