Costs of Care

Interrelation of Preventive Care Benefits and Shared Costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...

Costs of Care

about, for example, how the principle of'substituted judgement' and the 'inquisitorial' mode of hearing are working out in practice. Creyke's concern about the substitute payee schemes in Australia echo the problems of those operating in England and Wales. The Law Commission have proposed reforms to the appointee scheme. Given the many thousands of people in Britain who are dependent upon someo...

The Effect of the Presence of an Elderly Member on Health Care Costs of Iranian Households

Objectives Over the past few decades, Iran has faced rapid demographic changes, including a sharp decline in birth rates and increased life expectancy. This has led to an increase in the average age of the population and an increase in the percentage of the elderly people which is called “the phenomena of aging”. The occurrence of this phenomenon in Iran is rapidly increasing, and therefore the...

Costs of care and support

This chapter discusses the available literature relating to the cost of care and support for people who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The focus is primarily on orphans for this allows us to acknowledge the need for HIV/AIDS management interventions to incorporate those affected, but not necessarily infected by HIV/AIDS, and to cover the issue of ‘support’. We conclude the chapter by ou...

Rising health care costs.