Social Insurance and Allied Services

Migration and Social Insurance

A wide variety of social protection systems coexist within the EU. Some member states provide social insurance that is of Beveridgean inspiration (with universal and more or less flat benefits), while others offer a system that is mainly Bismarckian (with benefits related to past contributions). Labor mobility raises concerns about the sustainability of the most generous and redistributive (Bev...

Direct Costs of Type 2 Diabetes for Insurance Companies and Patients Covered by Health Insurance and Social Security Insurance Plans after the Delivery of First-Level Services in Ilam, Iran in 2019

Introduction: The financial consequences of the increasing prevalence of diabetes show that diabetes is one of the main challenges of healthcare systems. This study aimed to investigate the direct costs imposed on insurance companies and patients by the delivery of first-level services to patients with type 2 diabetes, who were covered by health insurance and social security insurance plans in ...

Social Norms in Social Insurance

We analyze how insurance arrangements, labor supply, moral hazard and outright cheating are affected by social norms. One question is under what conditions norms may improve social welfare. Another is under what conditions people should be allowed to opt out of social insurance. We introduce an informal production sector to analyze the consequences of alternative assumptions about the informati...

Reorganization of the Medical and Allied Services in Great Britain

Towards the close of the Great War of *914-18, the inadequacy of the organization for the provision of medical and public health services came to be recognized by almost all the Progressive national governments. The growth ?f knowledge that had taken place resulted in faking more complex the measures necessary tor combating disease and ensuring health. -I his resulted in increased cost of treat...

Development, Trade, and Social Insurance