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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
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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
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +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

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
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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

Effect of Broad‐Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis on Post‐Pancreatoduodenectomy Infectious Complications: Nationwide Inpatient Database Study in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using a nationwide Japanese inpatient database, we evaluated whether broad‐spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis improves postoperative outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy compared with narrow‐spectrum antibiotics. In propensity score–weighted analyses of 45 099 patients, broad‐spectrum prophylaxis was associated with significantly lower rates of intra ...
Hiroki Kitagawa, Shotaro Aso, Yuki Hirano, Kenichiro Uemura, Keita Kouzu, Satoru Matsuda, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Junichi Sasaki, Yuko Kitagawa, Hideo Yasunaga   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing the demand for individual voluntary private health insurance in Iran

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Background Financial risk protection is one of the main goals of healthcare systems worldwide and prepayment system plays an important role to achieve it.
Rajabali Daroudi, Reza Hashempour, Behzad Raei, Sajad Ramandi, Kamran Irandoust, Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Nasrin Abolhasanbeigi Gallehzan, Jafar Yahyavi Dizaj, Marjan Darabi   +8 more
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Voluntary medical insurance in the social protection system

Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета
Introduction. In modern conditions, the health of citizens is one of the main components of ensuring the safety of household activities. The reproductive and demographic potential of a country largely depends on maternal and child mortality rates, which ...
E. A. Rusetskaya, M. G. Rusetskiy, E. V. Klochkova, A. T. Аphudova   +3 more
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