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Can supplementary private health insurance further supplement health [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundChina advocates a health insurance system with social health insurance (SHI) as the main body and private health insurance (PHI) as the supplement.
Xinlin Chen   +7 more
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Gatekeeping and referral of patients holding private health insurance: a survey among general practitioners in Norway [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objective Private health insurance is becoming more common in Norway. The aim of this study was to investigate GPs’ opinions on private health insurance, and their experiences from consultations where health insurance can affect decisions about referring.
Jørgen Breivold   +5 more
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Effects of private health insurance on medical expenditure and health service utilization in South Korea: a quantile regression analysis [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Despite universal health insurance, South Korea has seen a sharp increase in the number of people enrolled in supplemental private health insurance (PHI) during the last decade.
Kristine Namhee Kwon, Wankyo Chung
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The Impact of Individual Mandate and Income on Private Health Insurance Enrollment: A State-Level Analysis on Individual Behavior Change [PDF]

open access: yesRisk Management and Healthcare Policy
Hyunji Kim,1 Jinyoung Cha,1 Jaeyoung Jang,2 Ahreum Han,3 Dongjin Oh,4 Keon-Hyung Lee1 1The Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA; 2Department of Health Management and Policy, University of North ...
Kim H   +5 more
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Utilization of public health care by people with private health insurance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background The objective of this systematic review was to explore the association between private health insurance and health care utilization. Methods We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL ...
Congcong Zhang   +5 more
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Optimal Private Health Insurance Contract towards the Joint Interests of a Policyholder and an Insurer

open access: yesMathematics, 2023
This paper investigates the optimal private health insurance contract design problem, considering the joint interests of a policyholder and an insurer. Both the policyholder and the insurer jointly determine the premium of private health insurance.
Peng Yang, Zhiping Chen
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Associations Between Private Health Insurance and Medical Care Utilization for Musculoskeletal Disorders: Using the Korea Health Panel Survey Data for 2014 to 2015

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2020
In South Korea, people may increase their medical coverage by purchasing private health insurance to augment low coverage provided by the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Yoon-Sun Jung   +5 more
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Trends in Pediatric Private Insurance and Medicaid Spending: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis of Data from 2002 to 2014

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2021
Given increased focus on health spending, this investigation aims to compare trends in pediatric Medicaid and private insurance spending on type of service from 2002 to 2014 in order to inform policy and research.
Anjani Sheth BA, Rishi Agrawal MD, MPH
doaj   +1 more source

Price elasticity of demand for voluntary health insurance plans in Colombia

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Since 1993, Colombia has had a mandatory social health insurance scheme that aims to provide universal health coverage to all citizens. However, some contributory regime participants purchase voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) to access
María Sofía Casabianca   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Private health insurance in Germany and Chile: two stories of co-existence, segmentation and conflict

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background In Germany and Chile, substitutive private health insurance has been shaped by its co-existence with statutory social health insurance. Despite differences in the way choice is available to users in the health insurance regimes of Chile and ...
Andres Roman-Urrestarazu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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