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household income, socio-demographic factors, and private health insurance factors in both Japan and the USA. Using these two … rises, households have a positive effect on purchasing health insurance as a normal good. Another similarity between the two … pure health issuance characteristics, an increase in premium of health insurance policies cause individuals to substitute …
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The paper assesses the causal relationship between formal volunteering and individual health. The econometric analysis … relationship between formal volunteering and self-perceived health. …
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health care and Rajiv Aryogyasri (RAS), a health insurance scheme to cover the catastrophic health expenditure of BPL …
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paper analysis poverty and health status during pre-reforms and post-reforms periods and compare them to find out that … during which period the decrease in poverty and the increase in health status are better. For the analysis of poverty, people … living below poverty line and for health status analysis life expectancy at birth and infant mortality are used in this study. …
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The study estimates calories, proteins and fats-income elasticities in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Annual time series data for 43 countries covering 1975-2009 that yields a balanced panel was employed for the analysis. The nutrient-income elasticities are estimated based on the aggregate Engel...
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This paper examines current public opinion surrounding the future of employment-based health coverage and how it varies … by demographics, health status, and selected questions on satisfaction with health care and ratings of the health care … system in the United States. The public is in large part confident that employers and unions will continue to offer health …
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This paper examines public opinion surrounding the future of employment-based health coverage. Data come from the EBRI …/MGA 2011 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans …’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and the Medicare program, and their …
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This paper presents findings from the 2011 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 14th wave of an annual survey that … examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in … the future of the health care system and the Medicare program, and their attitudes toward health care reform. Findings …
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The purpose of this paper is to (1) briefly review past efforts by employers to curb rising costs in health benefit … coverage and care, (2) help shed light on consumer values and how (and why) consumers make the health-related decisions they do …, (3) describe and discuss values-based, patient-centered approaches being taken in some hospital and other health care …
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This paper examines public opinion surrounding health insurance and retirement. The data come from the EBRI/MGA 2012 … Health Confidence Survey (HCS), which explores a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with … health care today, their confidence in the future of the nation’s health care system and the Medicare program, as well as …
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