Do Visas Kill? Health Effects of African Health Professional Emigration

evidence of adverse selection in irans health insurance market

در این تحقیق به مطالعه وجود انتخاب نامساعد(کژ گزینی) در بازار بیمه درمان تکمیلی ایران پرداخته شده است. داده های مورد نیاز توسط پرسشنامه و به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای جمع آوری شده است. پرسشنامه ها در میان افراد شاغل ساکن شهر تهران توریع شد. در این تحقیق با استفاده از تخمین دو مدل لجستیک و به دست آوردن ضریب همبستگی میان تقاضای بیمه درمان تکمیلی و رخداد خسارت به بررسی موضوع مورد نظر پرداخته شده است....

Do African Countries Get Health from Health Aid?

This paper uses panel data from African countries and a dynamic panel data (DPD) estimator to investigate the effects of health aid on health outcomes as well as the effects of health aid on health expenditures from domestic resources. I find that health aid has a small but statistically significant positive impact on health outcomes in African countries. Health aid is found to be more effectiv...

Physician emigration, population health and public policies.

INTRODUCTION The consequences of poor access and quality of healthcare services in developing countries are widely recognised by international agencies such as WHO. Moreover, with the HIV/AIDS pandemic wreaking havoc in sub-Saharan Africa, availability of trained physicians is essential for providing antiretroviral treatment to large numbers of individuals. Owing to emigration of physicians and...

Health of Professional Drivers

INTRODUCTION Considerable progress has been made in recent years in improving health and safety at work. For many people work does not take place in a fixed location but involves a large number of tasks associated with the control of a vehicle and exposed to all the hazards of a heavily trafficked environment. For those who drive lorries and buses there has been a deterioration over the last 20...

What do African American teen women want in health care?