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The influence of cross-regional medical treatment on total medical expenses, medical insurance payments, and out-of-pocket expenses of patients with malignant tumors in Chinese low-income areas. [PDF]

Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2022
Background In recent years, due to the increasing number of cross-regional medical patients, countries around the world have issued a series of policies or regulations to reduce their out-of-pocket burden.
Zhang B, Wang H, Zhang H, Tian G, Zhang T, Shi Q, Liu J, Xu J, Liu J, Wu Q, Kang Z.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The influence of direct payments on farmers’ hail insurance decisions [PDF]

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom), 2012
AbstractWe analyze determinants of hail insurance use of Swiss farmers, using FADN panel data covering the period 1990–2009. Mixed effect logistic regression models are estimated to identify the most important farm and farmer characteristics that trigger insurance use.
Robert Finger, Niklaus Lehmann
exaly   +4 more sources

Comparison of Safety and Insurance Payments for Minor Hand Procedures Across Operative Settings.

JAMA Netw Open, 2020
Key Points Question What are the complications, total payments, and out-of-pocket expenses associated with minor hand surgical procedures performed in different operative settings?
Billig JI, Nasser JS, Chen JS, Lu YT, Chung KC, Kuo CF, Sears ED.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Inequalities in the benefits of national health insurance on financial protection from out-of-pocket payments and access to health services: cross-sectional evidence from Ghana

Health Policy and Planning, 2019
A central pillar of universal health coverage (UHC) is to achieve financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. There are concerns, however, that national health insurance programmes with premiums may not benefit impoverished groups. In 2003,
Lucia Fiestas Navarrete, Simone Ghislandi, David Stückler   +2 more
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Has the free maternal health policy eliminated out of pocket payments for maternal health services? Views of women, health providers and insurance managers in Northern Ghana

PLoS ONE, 2018
Introduction The free maternal health policy was implemented in Ghana in 2008 under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The policy sought to eliminate out of pocket (OOP) payments and enhance the utilisation of maternal health services.
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Caroline S E Homer   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Medical insurance payment schemes and patient medical expenses: a cross-sectional study of lung cancer patients in urban China

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background As the main cause of cancer death, lung cancer imposes seriously health and economic burdens on individuals, families, and the health system. In China, there is no national study analyzing the hospitalization expenditures of different payment ...
Hanxu Hu, Liying Zhao, Yang Yong, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland, Weihan Zhao, Hao Yan, Yong Ma, Xuefeng Shi   +8 more
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Assessing the catastrophic effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of a nationwide health insurance scheme in Ghana

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Financial risk protection against the cost of unforeseen healthcare has gained global attention in recent years. Although Ghana implemented a nationwide health insurance scheme with a goal of reducing financial barriers to accessing ...
James Akazili, Diane Mcintyre, Edmund Wedam Kanmiki   +2 more
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Trends in the functioning of the Ukrainian insurance services market [PDF]

Insurance Markets and Companies, 2022
The Ukrainian market of insurance services is at the stage of formation and development in the absence of a clearly defined model for further functioning.
Olena Prokopchuk, Olena Nepochatenko, Mykhaylo Malyovanyi, Yuliya Ulyanych, Yuriy Bilan   +4 more
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Socioeconomic barriers to healthcare cost-sharing in the Czech Republic: limited awareness and resistance [PDF]

Health Economics Review
Background The Czech Republic provides near-universal healthcare through compulsory public health insurance yet rising costs have intensified debate on patient cost-sharing. This study examined (i) citizens’ experiences with out-of-pocket (OOP) payments,
Jan Hodač, Drahomíra Holmannová, Eva Čermáková, Michaela Tauchmanová Spoustová, Roman Prymula, Lenka Hodačová   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

China’s universal medical insurance scheme: progress and perspectives

BMC Global and Public Health
China has built a universal medical insurance which covers 95% of the total population, up from approximately 10% two decades ago. However, this medical insurance neglects public health, reducing the health system’s cost-effectiveness.
Jiajia Zhang, Dahai Zhao, Xiyan Zhang
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