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Biological age as a health index for mortality and major age-related disease incidence in Koreans: National Health Insurance Service – Health screening 11-year follow-up study

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2018
Purpose A comprehensive health index is needed to measure an individual’s overall health and aging status and predict the risk of death and age-related disease incidence, and evaluate the effect of a health management program.
Young-Gon Kang, Eunkyung Suh, Jae-woo Lee, Dong Wook Kim, K. Cho, C. Bae   +5 more
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Assessment of the satisfaction with public health insurance programs by patients with chronic diseases in China: a structural equation modeling approach

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background China has successfully sustained its universal health insurance coverage over the past decade. Although patient satisfaction has been recognized as an important indicator to measure the performance of insurance programs in China, there is a ...
Jinsong Geng, Xiaowei Chen, Jianwei Shi, Haini Bao, Qian Chen, Hao Yu   +5 more
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Data integration of electronic medical record under administrative decentralization of medical insurance and healthcare in China: a case study

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
In most regions of China, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in hospitals are developed in an uncoordinated manner. Medical Insurance and Healthcare Administration are localised and organizations gather data from a functional management viewpoint ...
Zhong Wang
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Mortality and treatment costs of hospitalized chronic kidney disease patients between the three major health insurance schemes in Thailand

BMC Health Services Research, 2016
BackgroundThailand has reformed its healthcare to ensure fairness and universality. Previous reports comparing the fairness among the 3 main healthcare schemes, including the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS), the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme ...
Sirirat Anutrakulchai, P. Mairiang, C. Pongskul, K. Thepsuthammarat, C. Chan-on, B. Thinkhamrop   +5 more
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Motivations And Barriers to Purchase Health Insurance: A qualitative study

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand and explore the motivations and barriers faced by customers while purchasing Health Insurance.
Vilasini Jadhav, Smita Ramakrishna
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Health insurance and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Micro health insurance schemes have been implemented across developing countries as a means of facilitating access to modern medical care, with the ultimate aim of improving health.
Anja Schoeps, Henrike Lietz, Ali Sié, Germain Savadogo, Manuela De Allegri, Olaf Müller, Rainer Sauerborn, Heiko Becher, Aurélia Souares   +8 more
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The impact of medical insurance programmes on the health of the insured: Evidence from China.

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2019
The impact of medical insurance on the health of the insured has long been an issue of major concern within academia. From the beginning of the 21st century, the Chinese government has invested a large amount of money in national medical insurance ...
Yingying Meng, Xiaodong Zhang, Junqiang Han   +2 more
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Bone metastasis and skeletal-related events in patients with solid cancer: A Korean nationwide health insurance database study

PLoS ONE, 2020
Bone is one of the most common sites of metastasis from advanced solid tumors. Bone metastasis is a leading cause of pain and increases the risk of skeletal-related events (SREs) in cancer patients.
Soojung Hong, Taemi Youk, Su Jin Lee, K. M. Kim, C. Vajdic   +4 more
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The history of establishment of the US system of medical insurance and Barack Obama`s medical reform

Американська історія і політика, 2017
The article investigates the history of the shaping the medical insurance in the United States and the medical reform in the USA initiated by President Barack Obama, which is considered one of the most important achievements in domestic politics of the ...
Oleg Mashevs’kyj, Miroslav Baraboi
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The impact of medical insurance on medical expenses for older Chinese

Medicine, 2019
With the deepening population aging process in China, the medical expenses of older adults has become a widespread concerned. Medical insurance is a major source of Chinese medical financing and payment. The study aims to understand the current status of
Yanbing Zeng, Jiecheng Luo, Long Ou, M. Yuan, Zi Zhou, Yaofeng Han, Ya Fang   +6 more
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