OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of race and insurance status on trauma mortality. METHODS Review of patients (aged 18-64 years; Injury Severity Score > or = 9) included in the National Trauma Data Bank (2001-2005). African American and Hispanic patients were each compared with white patients and insured patients were compared with uninsured patients. Multiple logistic regression analyses de...

BACKGROUND The RAMQ prescription claims database (RAMQ-Rx) is increasingly being used in perinatal pharmacoepidemiologic studies; but, there are reasons to believe that results generated with the RAMQ-Rx might not be generalizable to all patient populations. OBJECTIVES Compare characteristics between pregnant women insured by the RAMQ-Rx and those insured by a private drug insurance plan. M...

This article aims to present an analysis of the condition Special Insured in Brazilian legal system. Its historical evolution as a social debt with those who were and are most responsible for feeding country. Introduce concept Insured, analyze requirements granting special Insured’s retirement means proof time rural activity.

In certain contexts, dairy firms are supplied by small-scale family farms. Firms provide a set of technical and economic recommendations meant to help farmers meet their requirements in terms of the quantity and quality of milk collected. This study analyzes how such recommendations may be adopted by studying six farms in Brazil. All farms are beneficiaries of the country's agrarian reforms, bu...

PURPOSE Limited research has examined the factors associated with female permanent contraception procedures. This study evaluated the temporal trend in the use of hysteroscopic sterilization (HS) vs laparoscopic sterilization (LS) and characteristics of commercially insured and Medicaid-insured women in the US who have had the procedures. METHODS Women aged 15-49 years with claims for HS and ...

Previous studies found that uninsured and Medicaid insured cancer patients have poorer outcomes than cancer patients with private insurance. We examined the association between health insurance status and survival of New Jersey patients 18-64 diagnosed with seven common cancers during 1999-2004. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals for 5-year cause-specific survival were calculated...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the association between type of health insurance coverage and quality of primary care as measured by its distinguishing attributes--first contact, longitudinality, comprehensiveness, and coordination. METHODS The household component of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was used for this study. The analysis primarily focused on subjects aged younger than ...

Nationwide, 8 percent of all employment-related health plans were self-insured in 1984, which translates into more than 175,000 self-insured plans according to our latest study of independent health plans. The propensity of an organization to self-insure differs primarily by its size, with large establishments more likely to self-insure. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the self-insured b...

Sir,?I observe from page 14 of your last issue that you propose to refer to the subject of Nursing for the Insured in your next number, as the result of a letter appearing in the November issue from the Clerk to the Cheshire Insurance Committee. I think it may be of interest if the experience of another insurance area is made available. Home nursing has been advocated for a very long time, and ...

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ 1 Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed medically necessary procedure in Canada, and the costs are covered under provincial and territorial health insurance plans. Patients who require this surgery are frequently offered one or more of a number of optional services related to refractive correction during cataract surgery. These services,...