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Promoting vaccinations - an analysis of measures taken by German statutory health insurers

Damm, Kathrin; Schubert, Jana M.; Schulenburg, … - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 16, pp. 1-6

Introduction: Prophylactic vaccinations play a significant role in health care. As a relatively cost-effective preventive measure they can help to avert transmissible diseases and thus protect not only the vaccinated individuals themselves but also those who have not been vaccinated. In order to...

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Impact of educational intervention on willingness-to-pay for health insurance : a study of informal sector workers in urban Bangladesh

Khan, Jahangir A. M.; Ahmed, Sayem - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 12, pp. 1-10

Background: The reliance on out-of-pocket payments for health services leads to a catastrophic burden for many households in Bangladesh. The World Health Organization suggests that risk-pooling mechanisms should be used for financing healthcare. Like many low-income countries (LIC), a large...

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Utilization of healthcare services and renewal of health insurance membership : evidence of adverse selection in Ghana

Duku, Stephen Kwasi Opoku; Asenso-Boadi, Francis; … - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 43, pp. 1-12

Background: Utilization of healthcare in Ghana’s novel National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been increasing since inception with associated high claims bill which threatens the scheme’s financial sustainability. This paper investigates the presence of adverse selection by assessing...

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National health insurance, social influence and antenatal care use in Ghana

Owoo, Nkechi S.; Lambon-Quayefio, Monica P. - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 19, pp. 1-12

The study explores the importance of social influence and the availability of health insurance on maternal care utilization in Ghana through the use of antenatal care services. A number of studies have found that access to health insurance plays a critical role in women’s decision to utilize...

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Forgone care and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments within the German health care system

Bremer, Patrick - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 36, pp. 1-9

Background: The amount of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments within the German health care system has risen steadily within the last years. OOP payments aim to strengthen patients' cost awareness and try to restrict the demand on medical necessary treatments. However, besides the intended decline of...

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Methods for measuring horizontal equity in health resource allocation: a comparative study

Tao, Yi; Henry, Kizito; Zou, Qinpei; Zhong, Xiaoni - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 10, pp. 1-10

There are many existing methodologies on measuring health equity, while seldom has method aiming at health resource … allocation. We collected 6 method of measuring equity in health resource allocation. This paper presents key contents of methods … on measuring horizontal equity in health service allocation, yet each method has its advantages and disadvantages as well …

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An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania

Binyaruka, Peter; Borghi, Josephine - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

service types. Data were analysed descriptively by using means, medians and equity measures like equity gap, ratio and …

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Effect of health insurance coverage on labor allocation : evidence from US farm households

D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Khanal, Aditya R. - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 19, pp. 1-11

In the past three decades, farm families have relied on government payments and off-farm income to reduce income risk and increase total household income. Many studies have analyzed the role of government payments; however, little is known about the impact of health insurance coverage on labor...

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Preferences for health insurance in Germany and the Netherlands : a tale of two countries

Leukert-Becker, Karolin; Zweifel, Peter - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 22, pp. 1-11

Background: This contribution seeks to measure preferences for health insurance in Germany and the Netherlands, using two Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE). Since the Dutch DCE was carried out right after the 2006 health reform, which made citizens explicitly choose a health insurance contract,...

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Risk adjustment in aging societies

Wyl, Viktor von; Beck, Konstantin - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 7, pp. 1-14

Background: In Switzerland, age is the predominant driver of solidarity transfers in risk adjustment (RA). Concerns have been voiced regarding growing imbalances in cost sharing between young and old insured due to demographic changes (larger fraction of elderly 65 years and rise in average...

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