one of the distinguishing features of implementation research is the importance given to involve implementers in all aspects of research, and as users of research. we report on a recent implementation research effort in india, in which researchers worked together with program implementers from one of the longest serving government funded insurance schemes in india, the rajiv aarogyasri scheme (...

BACKGROUND Chinese medicine is commonly used and covered by health insurance to treat symptoms of uterine fibroids in Taiwan. This retrospective cohort study compared the consumption of conventional western medicine and medical cost between Chinese medicine (CM) users and nonusers among patients with uterine fibroids. METHODS We extracted 44,122 patients diagnosed with uterine fibrosis betwee...

This paper analyses collusion-proof multilateral insurance contracts between a risk neutral insurer and multiple risk averse agents in an environment of asymmetric costly state verification. The optimal contract in the benchmark model involves the group of agents pooling uncertainty and the insurer acting as reinsurer to the group, auditing and paying a claim only when the group or a sub-group ...

This paper examines how changes in major elements of the U.S. federal crop insurance program affect the structure of the agricultural insurance industry. We model interactions between farmers, insurance agents and insurance companies. Marginal changes in government policy (premium subsidy rate, A&O subsidy rate, and loading factor) affect the insurance premium rate, agent compensation rates, ag...

In Internet security, traditional protection mechanisms such as anti-virus software, firewalls, and other add-ons are not capable of completely eliminating security risks [3]. As noted in [7], the management of information security needs to be addressed through economic, psychological, and policymaking approaches, in combination with engineering approaches. As a realistic and futuristic solutio...

abspara0010 Insurance and the law are interconnected. Legislation, court decisions, and regulations impact and influence the meaning of private and social insurance arrangements in society. While the law shapes and influences what insurance means in society, insurance also exerts a regulatory force over its subjects and acts as a form of governance beyond the state. Drawing from sociolegal scho...