Insurance loss coverage and social welfare

Cell Coverage based on Social Welfare Maximization

We introduce a new approach, based on social welfare maximization, for determining the coverage of a single cell in a WCDMA system. The approach takes into account resource usage in the uplink direction, and captures the tradeoff between having a large cell with many users versus having a smaller cell with fewer users, which however are able to transmit at a higher rate. Our numerical investiga...

Loss of Welfare of a Top up Insurance System∗

The design of social insurance is modelled through majority voting. Individuals, risking the loss of income, vote sequentially on the type of benefits, flat v. proportional, as well as the level of social insurance benefits. The effects of allowing social insurance to be topped up in the private market are then examined. As expected, the existence of an actuarially fair insurance alternative de...

Insurance and Rural Welfare

Health Professionals' perceptions of insurance coverage for weight loss services

Objective To examine health professionals' (HPs) perceptions of top challenges and solutions in obesity care, and whether these perceptions differ by patient-panel income level. Methods A 2014 national cross-sectional survey of HPs in nutrition, nursing, behavioural or mental health, exercise and pharmacy was analysed. The dependent variables were identification of insurance coverage for thei...

The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: Factors Correlated with Insurance Gain and Loss among Adults