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Reform and Transitional Adjustment of the Health Care System in Slovenia [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2005
In the paper the authors analyse some unresolved issues regarding the health care reform that is under way in the Republic of Slovenia. They believe the reform is necessary due to the problems that have accumulated.
Petra Došenović, Maks Tajnikar
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The development of voluntary private health insurance in the Nordic countries

open access: yesNordic Journal of Health Economics, 2016
The Nordic countries represent an institutional setting with tax-based health care financing and universal access to health care services. Very few health care services are excluded from what are offered within the publically financed health care system.
Nina Alexandersen   +5 more
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Voluntary Health Insurance on the National Scene. The Present Status of Voluntary Health Insurance

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1950
AFEW years ago, a discussion of health insurance would have started with a statement as to the unpredictable nature of illness, the uneven distribution of medical costs among families, and the consequent need for insurance against unexpected medical bills. Today, there is little, if any, need for going into these " why's " of health insurance. Both the
openaire   +3 more sources

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR HEALTH SERVICES OF HOUSEHOLDS IN POLAND [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the spatial distribution of willingness to pay for health services of households in Poland, on the example of voluntary health insurance.
Jewczak, Maciej
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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

The role of voluntary health insurance in health care financing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
У статті розглянуто сутність добровільного медичного страхування та його роль в економіці держави. Проаналізовано джерела фінансування охорони здоров’я в країнах Європи.
Лисенко, В.С.
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Determinants of community health fund membership in Tanzania: a mixed methods analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: In many developing countries, initiatives are underway to strengthen voluntary community based health insurance as a means of expanding access to affordable care among the informal sector.
Borghi, Josephine   +4 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations of lack of voluntary private insurance and out-of-pocket expenditures with health inequalities. Evidence from an international longitudinal survey in countries with universal health coverage.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
ObjectivesIn countries with universal health coverage (UHC), national public health insurances cover 70% of health expenditures on average, but health care user fees and out-of-pocket expenditures have been neglected in empirical patient-centered health ...
Stéphanie Baggio   +3 more
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Paying for health care in Vietnam: extending voluntary health insurance coverage [PDF]

open access: yes
This discussion paper aims to synthesise a variety of reports and research projects conducted by the International Programme at the Centre for Health Economics, concerning the Vietnamese health system, over the past 4 years.
Matthew Jowett, Robin Thompson
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