the study investigated the loan repayment, its determinants and socio-economic characteristics of microfinance loan beneficiaries in the southeast states of nigeria. it was carried out in three states of the five southeast states. using a multistage sampling technique, a total of 144 loan beneficiaries in the three segments of mfis, namely; formal (commercial and development banks); semi-formal...

The study was conducted in the Jalore district of Rajasthan to determine perception respondents towards activities farmer producer organizations on both its beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. Six villages under Ahore block were chosen randomly, a total 120 (60 60 non-beneficiaries) selected randomly for study. Data collected using pre-structured interview schedule through personnel interviews...

Enabled by the underpinnings of critical theory, this article discusses research methodology developed with aim empowering beneficiaries within Third Sector Organisations, through their participation in organisational evaluation processes. The discussion on occurs at three levels: conceptual, processual, and reflexive. conceptual level explores ontological epistemological assumptions that shape...

This study compared drug coverage and prescription drug use by race and Hispanic ethnicity for Medicare beneficiaries with three chronic conditions: diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease. We found that among beneficiaries without any drug coverage black persons and Hispanics used 10 to 40 percent fewer medications, on average, than white persons with the same illness, and spent up to 60 perc...

Over two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have private supplementary coverage, but few know enough about Medicare, their own supplements, or available alternatives to make intelligent comparisons and informed purchasing decisions. The illness-episode approach, a new way to provide insurance information to Medicare beneficiaries, calculates out-of-pocket costs likely to be faced by beneficiaries...

The 2001 Survey of Involuntary Disenrollees was conducted to investigate the impact of Medicare+Choice (M+C) plan withdrawals on Medicare beneficiaries. Eighty-four percent of a total of 4,732 beneficiaries whose Medicare managed care (MMC) plan stopped serving them at the end of 2000 responded to the survey. Their responses indicated that the withdrawal of plans from Medicare affected benefici...

This profile of Medicare beneficiaries with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was developed by applying a casefinding algorithm to virtually all Medicare claims from 1991-93. The algorithm identified more than 37,000 beneficiaries with AIDS, approximately 21,000 of whom were living at the end of 1993. These estimates suggest that as many as 12 percent of people living with AIDS at the e...

This paper focuses on the scenario of antenatal care (ANC) check-ups and institutional deliveries of beneficiaries across five districts of Delhi. The study analyses the socioeconomic parameters and other major factors affecting the decisions of beneficiaries regarding maternal health during pregnancy. The primary survey conducted across five districts of Delhi reveals that a greater number of ...

A recent National Economic Council report argues that only one-quarter of beneficiaries have any “meaningful” prescription coverage and that the number is declining each year. Others claim, however, that two-thirds of beneficiaries have some form of drug benefit and that coverage rates are rising. Which is right? In fact, both figures are somewhat misleading.This issue brief examines the reason...

Analysis of the Medicare provider analysis record (MEDPAR) data during fiscal years 1984 through 1989 indicates that the proportion of rural Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in urban hospitals has remained constant during the prospective payment system (PPS). Much of the use of urban hospitals by rural beneficiaries during this period was to obtain specialized care or surgery, as suggested b...