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The Importance of Group Coverage: How Tax Policy Shaped U.S. Health Insurance [PDF]
In 1954, the Internal Revenue Service stipulated that employer contributions to the health insurance plans of their employees were to be excluded from employee taxable income. Today, the tax subsidy is major feature of the U.S. health care market.
Melissa A. Thomasson
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Universal financial protection through national health insurance : a stakeholder analysis of the proposed one-time premium payment (OTPP) policy in Ghana [PDF]
, 2011 Extending coverage to the informal sector is a key challenge to achieving universal coverage through contributory health insurance schemes. Ghana introduced a mandatory National Health Insurance scheme in 2004 to provide financial protection for both the
Abiiro, Gilbert Abotisem
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda +2 more
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Adverse Selection and Private Health Insurance Coverage in India - A Rational Behaviour Model of Insurance Agents under Asymmetric Information [PDF]
In the backdrop of the low level of health insurance coverage in India, this study examines the determinants of the scaling-up process of health insurance by analyzing the rational behaviour of an insurance agent facing a trade-off between selling health
Sukumar Vellakkal
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The widespread adoption of longer duration opioid prescribing for acute pain management following surgeries has coincided with concerning increases in misuse, dependence, and overdose. We evaluated the impact of voluntary opioid prescribing guidelines and concurrent state pharmacy rules on prescribing trends following surgeries ...
John R. Haight +4 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné +6 more
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"Retiree Health Benefit Coverage and Retirement" [PDF]
Employer-provided health benefits for workers who retire before age 65 has fallen over the last decade. We examine a cohort of male workers from the Health and Retirement Survey to explore the dynamics of retiree health benefits and the relationship ...
James Marton, Stephen A. Woodbury
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The Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases for Shift Workers in the Prospective Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Shift work can disrupt circadian rhythms and is postulated to play a role in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In the German prospective population‐based Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, we analyzed longitudinal associations between shift work and night‐shift work with CVD.
Katharina Wichert +7 more
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Health insurance coverage : early release of estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2008 [PDF]
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S.
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