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PLOS Global Public HealthHealth insurance is essential in reducing or eliminating the financial constraint to accessing maternal health services caused by out-of-pocket payments. Also, it has a beneficial effect in minimizing maternal and child mortality.
Samnang Um +5 more
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Health Insurance Take-up by the Near Elderly [PDF]
This study examines the effect of price on the demand for health insurance by early retirees between the ages of 55 and 64. The analysis is based on administrative data from a medium sized employer and takes advantage of a natural experiment created by ...
Thomas C. Buchmueller, Sabina Ohri
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Premium subsidy designs and crowding out of insurance demand
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is an important instrument to protect farmers against extreme weather events. Many countries provide subsidies for crop insurance products to make insurance more affordable for farmers. The Federal Crop Insurance Program in the United States and major European crop insurance programs such as in Spain, Italy, and France focus on ...
Tim Philippi
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Firm Compliance, State Enforcement and Social Insurance Coverage in China
Journal of Current Chinese AffairsHow did China achieve remarkable expansion in social insurance coverage in recent years? The significant social insurance coverage expansion in China since the mid-first decade of the twenty-first century appears to counter the findings of a substantial ...
Jiwei Qian, Zhuoyi Wen, Jin Jiang
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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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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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Insurance fraud is not a victimless crime : you are the victim [2003?]
, 2003 YOU are the victim of insurance fraud! -- What is Insurance fraud? -- Know your agent and company? -- Shop carefully before buying -- Just say "No" -- "Time is of the Essence" -- Obtain a written outline of coverage -- Be aware of telephone ...
Kansas Insurance Department
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Protecting endangered aquatic species while sustaining farming communities can require water buyback programs that are both cost‐effective and responsive to the variability and unpredictability of drought conditions. Working in close partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, we co‐design parallel
Lusi Xie +5 more
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, 2007 application/pdf; Annual cumulation of 2007 issuesKansas homeowners, renters ratesstable to lower in latest national report -- Kansas Insurance Department StaffAppointed to NAIC Leadership Positions -- Commissioner Sandy Praeger Addresses U.S.
Kansas. Insurance Department.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu +4 more
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