Healthy, wealthy and insured? The role of self-assessed health in the demand for private health insurance, CHERE Working Paper 2006/2 [PDF]
Both adverse selection and moral hazard models predict a positive relationship between risk and insurance; yet the most common finding in empirical studies of insurance is that of a negative correlation.
Elizabeth Savage +2 more
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Impact of digital premium payment in scaling health insurance coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. [PDF]
BMJ OpenDanso-Appiah A, Appiagyei N, Danso CA.
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
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Welfare Reform, Labor Supply, and Health Insurance in the Immigrant Population [PDF]
Although the 1996 welfare reform legislation limited the eligibility of immigrant households to receive assistance, many states chose to protect their immigrant populations by offering state-funded aid to these groups.
George J. Borjas
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Household financial management behavior and catastrophic health expenditure risk in rural China: the moderating role of health insurance coverage. [PDF]
Front Public HealthCheng Q.
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Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.Directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into functional pancreatic β cells have emerged as a promising strategy for the radical treatment of type 1 diabetes, with preclinical and early clinical evidence demonstrating reversal of hyperglycemia and insulin independence.
Zifan Li, Yu Kang, Yuyu Niu
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Insurance, Health, and the Utilization of Medical Services [PDF]
Most data sets indicate a positive correlation between having health insurance and good health, and between having health insurance and utilizing health care services. Yet the direction of causality is not at all clear.
Harvey S. Rosen, Jonathan Meer
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Arthroscopy, EarlyView.Purpose To investigate whether prophylactic use of low‐molecular‐weight heparin (enoxaparin) after knee arthroscopy reduces the incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared with no postoperative pharmacological prophylaxis. Methods We conducted a population‐based cohort study using linked national insurance and hospital data from ...
Aylin Albrecht +5 more
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Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier to Entrepreneurship? [PDF]
The focus on employer-provided health insurance in the United States may restrict business creation. We address the limited research on the topic of “entrepreneurship lock” by using recent panel data from matched Current Population Surveys.
Susan Gates +2 more
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Coverage Generosity of Novel Antirheumatic Drugs in Medicare Advantage and Stand‐Alone Part D Plans
Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Objective We examine coverage of self‐administered disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in Medicare Part D. Methods Using 2022–2026 Part D formulary data, we assessed coverage of the following DMARD classes that treat relapsed rheumatoid arthritis (RA): tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, T cell costimulatory modulator, interleukin‐6 (IL ...
Youngmin Kwon +2 more
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