Author's response to reviews Title:Effect of health insurance type on health care utilization in patients with hypertension: a National Health Insurance database study in Korea Authors:

The Economic Burden of Stroke Based on South Korea’s National Health Insurance Claims Database

Background This study was conducted to determine the scale and the nature of the economic burden caused by strokes and to use the results as an evidential source for determining the allocation of South Korea stroke cases in 2015.   Methods For research subjects, the study analyzed demographic characteristics and economic burden based on data from national health insurance (NHI) claims for inpat...

Effect of health insurance type on health care utilization in patients with hypertension: a national health insurance database study in Korea

BACKGROUND Higher utilization of healthcare services has been observed among individuals who receive public aid compared to individuals who do not receive public aid in many countries. However, no systematic investigations have explored whether this pattern of higher utilization persists after correcting for a number of factors in Korea. In this study, we sought to examine whether the type of h...

Utilization and out of pocket (OOP) payment for physiotherapy services in public hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Background: Physiotherapy services constitute a principle part of health care systems, and interest in their use has increased in the recent decades.  This study was conducted to investigate the utilization and OOP payment for physiotherapy services in public hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.    Methods: This cross-sectional study was c...

Author's response to reviews Title: The influences of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on women's choice of prenatal care facility: Investigation of differences between rural and non-rural areas Authors:

Title: The influences of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on women's choice of prenatal care facility: Investigation of differences between rural and non-rural areas Authors:

Author's response to reviews Title:Effects of changes in health insurance reimbursement level on outpatient service utilization of rural diabetics: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China Authors: