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Attitudes towards the dual health insurance system and inequalities in health care in Germany – results of a population survey

BMC Health Services Research
Background In Germany, type of health insurance is an important aspect of health care inequalities because there is a dual structure of statutory and private health insurance and there are incentives for a preferential treatment of privately insured ...
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Jens Klein
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Update on prevalence of diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by major health insurance types in the US in 2016

BMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective To provide current estimates of the number of patients with prevalent systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by major health insurance types in the US and to describe patient characteristics.
Yiting Wang, Laura L. Hester, Jennifer Lofland, Shawn Rose, Chetan S. Karyekar, David M. Kern, Margaret Blacketer, Kourtney Davis, Kimberly Shields-Tuttle   +8 more
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COVID-19 pandemic and mental healthcare: Impact on health insurance with guaranteed universal access in Chile

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundUniversal health coverage (UHC) is a goal of the member states of the United Nations. The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, inequalities in access to care, and financing gaps set a problematic scenario for universal ...
Olga Toro-Devia, Olga Toro-Devia, Gonzalo Leyton, Gonzalo Leyton   +3 more
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After Years of Decline, Private Health Insurance Rates Among Children Grew in 2014 [PDF]

, 2016
In this fact sheet, author Michael Staley reports that rates of private health insurance coverage for children increased between 2013 and 2014 for the first time since 2008, the first year in which the American Community Survey collected data on health ...
Staley, Michael J.
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Private health insurance: implications for developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005
Private health insurance is playing an increasing role in both high- and low-income countries, yet is poorly understood by researchers and policy-makers.
Neelam Sekhri, William Savedoff
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use

The Lancet Global Health
Summary: Despite major efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), progress has lagged in many African and Asian countries. A key strategy pursued by many countries is the use of health insurance to increase access and affordability.
Emily Odipo, MSc, Prashant Jarhyan, PhD, Jacinta Nzinga, PhD, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, ProfDM, Amit Aryal, MPH, Emma Clarke-Deelder, PhD, Sailesh Mohan, ProfPhD, Moshabela Mosa, ProfPhD, Munir Kassa Eshetu, MD, Todd P Lewis, PhD, Neena R Kapoor, MSc, Margaret E Kruk, ProfPhD, Günther Fink, PhD, Emelda A Okiro, ProfPhD   +13 more
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The relationship between insurance and health outcomes of diabetes mellitus patients in Maryland: a retrospective archival record study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Past studies examining the health outcomes of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients found that social determinants of health disparities were associated with variabilities in health outcomes.
Soo-Hoon Lee, Samuel L. Brown, Andrew A. Bennett   +2 more
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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