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Moral hazard and the demand for health services: a matching estimator approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We estimate the impact of health insurance coverage beyond National Health Insurance on the demand for several health services. Traditionally, the literature has tried to deal with the endogeneity of the private (extra) insurance decision by finding ...
Machado, Matilde P.   +2 more
core   +6 more sources

Factors that affect the uptake of community-based health insurance in low-income and middle-income countries : a systematic protocol [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Many people residing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are regularly exposed to catastrophic healthcare expenditure. It is therefore pertinent that LMICs should finance their health systems in ways that ensure that their citizens can use ...
Adebayo, E. F.   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Pathology of Group Health Insurance rating in the Iran's Insurance Industry [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مدیریت راهبردی
Group health insurance pricing is a key component in purchasing these products; in this way, if the price set for group health coverage is too high, it can easily dissuade policyholders from staying with that company, and if it is too low, it can make it
Mitra Ghanbarzadeh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modifying effects of education on the association between lifestyle behaviors and the risk of obesity: evidence from South Korea

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background No previous study has explored the interactions between education and lifestyle in relation to obesity. This study hypothesized that education may be obesogenic through its interplay with lifestyle behaviors.
Woojin Chung   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of income support systems on healthcare quality and functional capacity in workers with low back pain: a realist review protocol

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2019
Background Low back pain is the greatest contributor to the global burden of disease and can result in work disability. Previous literature has examined the influence of personal factors, the healthcare system, workplace, and income support systems on ...
Michael Di Donato   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and evaluation of a training program for dialysis nurses – an intervention study

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2019
Background A dialysis nurse’s work is complex and demanding. Based on the results of a systematic review and a survey study, we developed a health-promoting intervention for dialysis nurses. The aim of this study is to evaluate this intervention. Methods
Maren Kersten   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Purchase Documentation as a Source of Information about Insurance Bought by Public Hospitals in Poland

open access: yesAnnales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sectio H, Oeconomia, 2023
Theoretical background: By deciding to purchase insurance the entity which does so expresses its demand for money should it suffer adverse consequences of a fortuitous event – that is to say, an event which the entity concerned has identified and whose ...
Anna Maria Piechota
doaj   +1 more source

Factors contributing to educational differences in obesity among women: evidence from South Korea

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Obesity is more prevalent among less-educated women than highly-educated women around the world. However, little is known about the factors which cause this difference in obesity, and almost nothing is known about how the individual factors ...
Woojin Chung, Seungji Lim
doaj   +1 more source

Expansion of health insurance in Moldova and associated improvements in access and reductions in direct payments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. Economic constraints mean that Moldova faces challenges in protecting individuals from excessive costs, improving population health and securing health system sustainability.
Atun, R   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The role of insurance services scope in the economy of the regions [PDF]

open access: yesЭкономика региона, 2011
This paper discloses peculiarities of forming the contribution of the region’s insurance sector into the gross regional product (GRP). The algorithm and the stages of cash flows transformation in the system of insurance, services reproduction and the GRP
Aleksandr Ivanovich Tatarkin   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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