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Designing Insurance to Promote Use of Childhood Obesity Prevention Services

Journal of Obesity, 2013
Childhood obesity is a recognized public health crisis. This paper reviews the lessons learned from a voluntary initiative to expand insurance coverage for childhood obesity prevention and treatment services in the United States.
Kimberly J. Rask, Julie A. Gazmararian, Susan S. Kohler, Jonathan N. Hawley, Jenny Bogard, Victoria A. Brown   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of health insurance models on reducing DALYS from cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms: A panel study across 51 OECD member and candidate countries [PDF]

Insurance Markets and Companies
As health systems worldwide increasingly focus on mitigating the burden of non-communicable diseases, the strategic role of insurance schemes in facilitating early detection and preventive care, thereby reducing the substantial costs associated with ...
Aleksandra Kuzior, Zhanat Khishauyeva, Narek M. Kesoyan, Dmytro Sukov, Natalia Sidelnyk, Nataliia Sheliemina, Tetiana Vasylieva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Voluntary additional health insurance in the European union: Free market or regulation? [PDF]

, 2017
Recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law has highlighted apparent inconsistencies in ECJ rulings on the regulation of voluntary additional health insurance.
Piet Calcoen, van de Ven, Wynand; id_orcid, Calcoen, P.F.J. (Piet), Ven, W.P.M.M. (Wynand) van de, Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven, Calcoen, Piet, van de Ven, Wynand   +6 more
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Public Health Insurance Coverage Lead to Better Health Outcomes? Evidence From Chinese Adults

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2019
This article examines the impacts of public health insurance on the health of adults through use of data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. We use the endogenous treatment effects model to infer the causal effects of public health insurance on ...
Hongli Fan PhD, Qingyue Yan PhD, Peter C. Coyte PhD, Wenguang Yu PhD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Including undocumented migrants in universal health coverage: a maternal health case study from the Thailand-Myanmar border

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Many countries aspiring to achieve universal health coverage struggle with how to ensure health coverage for undocumented migrants. Using a case study of maternal health care in a Thailand-Myanmar border region this article explores coverage ...
Naomi Tschirhart, Wichuda Jiraporncharoen, Rojanasak Thongkhamcharoen, Kulyapa Yoonut, Trygve Ottersen, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the impact of Voluntary Health Insurance on out of pocket costs and socioeconomic-related inequality: methodological challenges and potential solutions with an application to Vietnam [PDF]

, 2009
Aims: This study has three aims: 1) to measure the impact of the Vietnamese Voluntary Health Insurance (VHI) programme on out-of-pocket (OOP) costs of health care after correcting for care-seeking and insurance-seeking self-selection biases; 2) to ...
Ali, Shehzad Inayat
core   +5 more sources