The study merged two databases: the database on patients' visits collected for claim control and reimbursement purpose and, the database on the insured that is used to issue the health insurance cards. This study investigated these issues through the analysis of individual's health insurance...

A partir de la crisis de la deuda, la economia uruguaya ha enfrentado graves desequilibrios en sus cuentas externas y ha aplicado sucesivos planes de ajuste y de estabilizacion que, a su vez, se han criticado por sus efectos recesivos y por no atacar los problemas estructurales del pais. El...

The authors analyze the gender implications of pension reform in Kazakhstan, the Kygyz Republic, Latvia, and Moldova. The new systems deliberately penalize early retirement and reward longer careers, so that with no change in behavior or policy, women's pensions will be lower than men's on...