Characteristics Associated With Financial or Non-financial Barriers to Healthcare in a Universal Health Insurance System: A Longitudinal Analysis of Korea Health Panel Survey Data. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 Chung W.
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Health Care Science, EarlyView.The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was estimated to be 28.3% (95% CI 21.1–35.4), with most of the cases corresponding to mild non‐proliferative diabetic retinopathy. ABSTRACT Background Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes and the leading cause of irreversible blindness in people of working age.
Lorrana Luysse dos Anjos Assis +6 more
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Subscribing to Supplemental Health Insurance in France: A Dynamic Analysis of Adverse Selection [PDF]
Adverse selection, which is well described in the theoretical literature on insurance, remains relatively difficult to study empirically. The traditional approach, which focuses on the binary decision of “covered” or “not”, potentially misses the main ...
Aurélie Pierre +2 more
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Health Care Science, EarlyView.Targeted interventions addressing socioeconomic inequalities and health service disparities are essential for mitigating future epilepsy burdens, especially in low‐resource settings. ABSTRACT Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder imposing significant global health burdens. A comprehensive understanding of its temporal and spatial trends
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The Effect of Private Health Insurance on Medical Care Utilization and Self-Assessed Health in Germany [PDF]
In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is universal, co-payments and deductibles are moderate, and premia are based on income.
Klein, Tobias J., Hullegie, Patrick
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Pharmaceutical Pricing and R&D as a Global Public Good
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the international variation in the prices of branded pharmaceuticals. We consider short‐run profits, or quasi‐rents, as representing each country's contribution toward the global public good of therapeutic information embodied in new pharmaceuticals.
H. E. Frech III +3 more
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Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Cancer Incidence Risk, Cancer Staging, and Survival of Patients with Colorectal Cancer under Universal Health Insurance Coverage in Taiwan. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Kuo WY, Hsu HS, Kung PT, Tsai WC.
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Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence From Greece
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Governments frequently adopt austerity policies when facing economic crises, yet their long‐term consequences for population health remain incompletely understood. This paper examines the impact of large‐scale fiscal austerity on infant mortality by exploiting the Troika‐led economic adjustment program implemented in Greece beginning in 2010 ...
Robert J. Kolesar, Rok Spruk
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Reconsidering Japan's path to universal health insurance: Pre-war origins and the complementarity of occupational and community-based schemes. [PDF]
Glob Health MedMorii D.
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