National Health Insurance Revisited [PDF]
Health Affairs, 1991 Prologue: America's occasional flirtations with national health insurance have been a footnote to our history for most of the twentieth century. Once again, as health costs soar for people with insurance and access to care erodes for the disenfranchised, the United States is discussing health financing reforms.
Victor R. Fuchs
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Data resource profile: the allergic disease database of the Korean National Health Insurance Service [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 Researchers have been interested in probing how the environmental factors associated with allergic diseases affect the use of medical services. Considering this demand, we have constructed a database, named the Allergic Disease Database, based on the ...
Sunyong Yoo +8 more
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Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship Between Prescribing Institutions and Medication Adherence Among Patients With Hypertension and Diabetes in Korea [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2023 Objectives This study investigated the relationship between prescribing institutions and medication adherence among patients newly diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes.
Haryeom Ghang, Juhyang Lee
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Ghana introduced a mobile phone-based contribution payment system in its national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in December 2018 to improve the process of enrolment.
Eric Nsiah-Boateng +5 more
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Healthcare utilisation for elderly people at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background At the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care systems were severely disrupted in many countries and in particular, elderly people vulnerable to COVID-19 may have been reluctant to receive their medical treatment.
K. Park, J. Byeon, Y. Yang, H. Cho
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Risk for metabolic syndrome in the population with visceral fat area measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background/Aims To investigate whether visceral fat area (VFA) measured by bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) was associated with metabolic syndrome in subjects with and without obesity.
Han Ho Jeon +5 more
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BMC Cancer, 2021 Background Almost all Koreans are covered by mandatory national health insurance and are required to undergo health screening at least once every 2 years.
Chansik An +6 more
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Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022 The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) faced several inherent and systemic drawbacks towards achieving universal health coverage for all Nigerians, and this has led to the signing of the new National Health Insurance Authority Act (NHIA), 2022. This
Tope Michael Ipinnimo +4 more
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Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Korea through an Investigation of the National Registration Project of Type 1 Diabetes for the Reimbursement of Glucometer Strips with Additional Analyses Using Claims Data [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2016 BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Korea. In addition, we planned to do a performance analysis of the Registration Project of Type 1 diabetes for the reimbursement of ...
Sun Ok Song +7 more
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Patient-Centered Integrated Model of Home Health Care Services in South Korea (PICS-K)
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2023 Introduction: As South Korea is fast becoming an aging society, the need for integrated care of the elderly has increased. ‘Community Integrated Care Initiatives’ have been implemented by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Hanbit Mun +8 more
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