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Identifying the determinants of health insurance coverage among Peruvian women of reproductive age: an assessment based on the national Peruvian demographic survey of 2017

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Like many other Latin America- and Caribbean countries, Peru has introduced a tax-financed health insurance scheme called “Sistema Integral de Salud (SIS)” to foster progress towards Universal Health Coverage. The scheme explicitly targets the
Eduardo Ramos Rosas, Volker Winkler, Stephan Brenner, Manuela De Allegri   +3 more
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National Disparities in Insurance Coverage of Comprehensive Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Care

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020
Background:. Comprehensive craniomaxillofacial trauma care includes correcting functional deficits, addressing acquired deformities and appearance, and providing psychosocial support.
Vikas S. Kotha, MD, Brandon J. de Ruiter, MD, Marvin Nicoleau, BA, Edward H. Davidson, MD   +3 more
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Socioeconomic and geographic variation in coverage of health insurance across India

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionIn India, regular monitoring of health insurance at district levels (the most essential administrative unit) is important for its effective uptake to contain the high out of pocket health expenditures.
Mayanka Ambade, Sunil Rajpal, Sunil Rajpal, Rockli Kim, Rockli Kim, S. V. Subramanian, S. V. Subramanian   +6 more
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Individual Claims Reserving using Activation Patterns [PDF]

, 2022
The occurrence of a claim often impacts not one but multiple insurance coverages provided in the contract. To account for this multivariate feature, we propose a new individual claims reserving model built around the activation of the different coverages to predict the reserve amounts.
arxiv   +1 more source

Mixed effects analysis of factors associated with health insurance coverage among women in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionIn the pursuit of achieving the Sustainable Development Goal targets of universal health coverage and reducing maternal mortality, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented health insurance policies over the last two decades ...
Hubert Amu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Robert Kokou Dowou, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Kwaku Kissah-Korsah   +6 more
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Sociodemographic and contextual variables as predictors of men’s health insurance enrolment in Ghana: Evidence from a micro indicator cluster survey [PDF]

Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health
Introduction: This study explores the ability of sociodemographic and contextual variables, including ethnicity, rural/urban residence, and region, to predict health insurance enrollment among men in Ghana.
Richard Boateng
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Universal Health Insurance and the Reasons of not Coverage in Iran: Secondary Analysis of a National Household Survey [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2012
Background and objectives : Universal insurance coverage is considered as one of the main goals of health systems around the world. Although Universal Health Insurance Law was legislated with the objective of covering all Iranian population under health ...
Shirin Nosratnejad, Arash Rashidian, Nahid Jafari, Alireza Mahboub Ahari   +3 more
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Invisible illness: The consequences of limited health insurance in Africa

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background Limited health insurance coverage in Africa poses a significant challenge, impeding access to quality healthcare for millions of individuals.
Aderinto Nicholas, Olatunji Deji
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Minimum coverage regulation in insurance markets [PDF]

SERIEs, 2015
We study the consequences of imposing a minimum coverage in an insurance market where enrollment is mandatory and agents have private information on their true risk type. If the regulation is not too stringent, the equilibrium is separating in which a single insurer monopolizes the high risks while the rest attract the low risks, all at positive ...
McFadden, Daniel, Noton Norambuena, Carlos, Olivella, Pau   +2 more
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Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Preferences for Coverage, Worker Sorting, and Insurance Take-up

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2008
The weak response by the uninsured to initiatives encouraging voluntary enrollment in health insurance has raised concerns regarding the extent to which the uninsured value insurance.
Alan C. Monheit, Jessica Primoff Vistnes
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