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The Impact of Health Insurance on Health-care Utilisation and Out-of-Pocket Payments in South Africa

open access: yesGeneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 2012
Health insurance is an alternative to direct out-of-pocket (OOP) financing. It aims to improve access to care and reduce direct OOP payments. However, this may not be the case if there is high cost sharing and limited cover.
John E Ataguba   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Health Insurance Payment for Telehealth Services: Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research
BackgroundAs telehealth services have demonstrated significant advantages in providing qualified and accessible care, health insurance payments for telehealth services have been issued by various countries.
Qingqing Li   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

State of personal insurance in the Kyrgyz Republic at the present stage of development in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The article discusses the current state of personal insurance in the Kyrgyz Republic, which is a very significant financial instrument for maintaining the stability of the welfare of the country's population. The legislative definition of the concepts of
Murzalieva Elnura   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing the medical resources of a national insurance program: lessons based on China’s NCMS

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background The security of medical insurance fund is very important to health equity. In China, the expenditure of medical insurance fund has increased sharply year after year, and the balance of local medical insurance fund is difficult to sustain.
Wenqiang Qian, Xiangyu Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of claims payments on the investment portfolio of insurance companies

open access: yesOditor, 2022
The need for insurance dates back from the distant past. A lot of time has passed from the primitive insurance forms to its institutionalization and legal implementation.
Nemanja Pantić   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insured clients out-of-pocket payments for health care under the national health insurance scheme in Ghana

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In 2003, Ghana implemented a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) designed to promote universal health coverage and equitable access to health care.
P. Akweongo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Introduction to Annuities

open access: yesEDIS, 2014
An annuity contract is purchased from a life insurance company. The individual gives the insurance company a lump-sum payment or a series of payments. In return, the company will provide a stream of payments to the individual.
Michael S. Gutter, Lisa Leslie
doaj   +5 more sources

Insurance market as a tool for the development of the socio-economic sphere of Tajikistan

open access: yesУправление, 2020
Theoretical and methodological issues of assessing the insurance market of the Republic of Tajikistan in dynamics have been studied in the article, the “bottlenecks” of this market have been identified.
G. A. Yusupova
doaj   +1 more source

Does health insurance coverage reduce informal payments? Evidence from the “red envelopes” in China

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Representing a major threat to both equity and efficiency of health systems, the corrupt practice of informal payments is widely found in developing and transition countries.
Ning Liu, Guoxian Bao, Alex Jingwei He
doaj   +1 more source

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