MEDICAL PRACTICE UNDER THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.

Informed consent in New York under the Medical Malpractice Insurance Act.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: new national medical privacy standards.

OBJECTIVES To assess the likely effects of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA), based on small firms' experiences under state small group insurance reforms that were similar in design to HIPAA. METHODS Data on 17,818 small businesses (range, 2-50 employees) nationwide from the 1994 National Employer Health Insurance Survey were analyzed to examine the effects o...

Private Health Insurance and Hospitalization Under Japanese National Health Insurance

We empirically examine how the decision to purchase private health insurance and hospitalization are made based on labor income, socio-demographic factors, and private health insurance. The increase in household labor income and wealth has a positive effect on purchasing private health insurance. This suggests a supplementary effect for public health insurance under the strict control of a two-...

Health care under French national health insurance.

Several elements of the French health system--the predominance of office-based medical practice, the mix of private and public hospitals, the use of patient cost sharing, direct payment of physicians by patients, and financing derived from payroll taxes--closely resemble aspects of the U.S. health system. There are four major differences between the two systems: the French system covers more th...

Medical Benefits under Employees' State Insurance Scheme