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Insurance design and arson-type risks [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
We design the insurance contract when the insurer faces arson-type risks. The optimal contract must be manipulation-proof. It is therefore continuous, it has a bounded slope, and it satisfies the no-sabotage condition when arson-type actions are free. Any contract that mixes a deductible, coinsurance and an upper limit is manipulation-proof.
arxiv  

Health insurance coverage among women of reproductive age in rural Ghana: policy and equity implications

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023
Background Globally, health insurance has been identified as a key component of healthcare financing. The implementation of health insurance policies in low and middle-income countries has led to a significant increase in access to healthcare services in
Martin Ayanore, Agani Afaya, Maxwell Tii Kumbeni, Timothy Tienbia Laari, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Solomon Mohammed Salia, Victoria Bam, Vida Nyagre Yakong, Richard Adongo Afaya, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu   +10 more
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On the Role of Risk Perceptions in Cyber Insurance Contracts [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
Risk perceptions are essential in cyber insurance contracts. With the recent surge of information, human risk perceptions are exposed to the influences from both beneficial knowledge and fake news. In this paper, we study the role of the risk perceptions of the insurer and the user in cyber insurance contracts.
arxiv  

Investigating sustainability challenges for the National Health Insurance Fund in Tanzania: a modelling approach

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective This study aimed to model the long-term cost associated with expanding public health insurance coverage in Tanzania.Design, setting and participants We analysed the 2016 claims of 2 923 524 beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance Fund in
Günther Fink, Fabrizio Tediosi, August Kuwawenaruwa, Brianna Osetinsky   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to care among Medicaid and uninsured patients in community health centers after the Affordable Care Act

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid and increased federal funding for Community Health Centers (CHCs). To examine the role of Medicaid coverage on care patterns for those with available safety net care, we assessed differences in access ...
Veri Seo, Travis P. Baggett, Anne N. Thorndike, Peter Hull, John Hsu, Joseph P. Newhouse, Vicki Fung   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Insurance Status as a Barrier to Ideal Cardiovascular Health for U.S. Adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Little is known about the association between cardiovascular (CV) health and health insurance status. We hypothesized that U.S. adults without health insurance coverage would have a lower likelihood of ideal cardiovascular health.Using National Health ...
Michael A McClurkin, Leah Rae Yingling, Colby Ayers, Rebecca Cooper-McCann, Visakha Suresh, Ann Nothwehr, Debbie S Barrington, Tiffany M Powell-Wiley   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Data that Drives Cyber Insurance: A Study into the Underwriting and Claims Processes [PDF]

2020 International Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (CyberSA), 2020
Cyber insurance is a key component in risk management, intended to transfer risks and support business recovery in the event of a cyber incident. As cyber insurance is still a new concept in practice and research, there are many unanswered questions regarding the data and economic models that drive it, the coverage options and pricing of premiums, and ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Introduction Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare remain a significant health financing challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), preventing women from using maternal health services.
Richard Gyan Aboagye, Joshua Okyere, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Hubert Amu, Sanni Yaya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insurance Coverage Policies for Personalized Medicine [PDF]

Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2012
Adoption of personalized medicine in practice has been slow, in part due to the lack of evidence of clinical benefit provided by these technologies. Coverage by insurers is a critical step in achieving widespread adoption of personalized medicine.
Andrew M. Hresko, Susanne B. Haga
openaire   +3 more sources

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Earnings, and Work Loss: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study compares trajectories of earnings and work loss in individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) versus matched comparators from the general population. Methods Patients with JIA (n = 4,737) were identified in the Swedish National Patient Register (2001–2017) and individually matched to up to five general population ...
Heather Miller, Martin Neovius, Erik Sundberg, Johan Askling, Gustaf Bruze   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source