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Epidemic risk and insurance coverage [PDF]

Journal of Applied Probability, 2017
AbstractIn this paper we aim to apply simple actuarial methods to build an insurance plan protecting against an epidemic risk in a population. The studied model is an extended SIR epidemic in which the removal and infection rates may depend on the number of registered removals.
Claude Lefèvre, Philippe Picard, Matthieu Simon   +2 more
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Health insurance coverage and marriage behavior: Is there evidence of marriage lock?

International Studies of Economics, 2023
Premiums and eligibility for health insurance may cause a “marriage lock,” in which couples stay married for the sake of maintaining health insurance coverage.
Tianxu Chen
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Infants without health insurance: Racial/ethnic and rural/urban disparities in infant households' insurance coverage.

PLoS ONE, 2020
In order to gain insights into how the effects of the uneven adoption of Medicaid expansion varies across the rural/urban spectrum and between racial/ethnic groups in the United States, this research used the fertility question in the 2011-2015 American ...
Scott R Sanders, Michael R Cope, Paige N Park, Wesley Jeffery, Jorden E Jackson   +4 more
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Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Introduction Low/middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are increasingly turning to public contributory health insurance as a mechanism for removing financial barriers to access and extending financial risk protection to the ...
Edwine Barasa, Nirmala Ravishankar, Peter Nguhiu, Jacob Kazungu   +3 more
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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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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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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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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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Insurance coverage for genomic tests [PDF]

Science, 2018
On 16 March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare will cover Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved or cleared genomic tests that encompass broad gene panels for advanced cancer patients ([ 1 ][1]).
Phillips, Kathryn A, Trosman, Julia R, Deverka, Patricia A, Quinn, Bruce, Tunis, Sean, Neumann, Peter J, Chambers, James D, Garrison, Louis P, Douglas, Michael P, Weldon, Christine B   +9 more
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Determinants of Health Insurance Coverage among People Aged 45 and over in China: Who Buys Public, Private and Multiple Insurance.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundChina is reforming and restructuring its health insurance system to achieve the goal of universal coverage. This study aims to understand the determinants of public, private and multiple insurance coverage among people of retirement-age in ...
Yinzi Jin, Zhiyuan Hou, Donglan Zhang
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