BACKGROUND In Switzerland, basic health insurance is mandatory for all inhabitants, but a rising number of insured have arrears in premium payments, potentially leading to coverage suspension. We aimed at characterizing insured with debt enforcement proceedings with respect to socio-demographic and health utilization aspects. METHODS Cross-sectional analysis of 508.000 insured with basic heal...

Abstract This paper examines the different regimes of insurer liability under concurrent causation in English law and Chinese law. The analysis shows that neither nor is satisfactory terms insurer's such cases. It argued only one proximate cause should be identified among multiple causes except circumstance where an excluded risk insured concurrently independently a loss subject matter insured....

Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control are lower among uninsured than insured adults. Time trends in differences and underlying modifiable factors are important for informing strategies to improve health equity. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1988 to 1994, 1999 to 2004, and 2005 to 2010 data in adults aged 18 to 64 years were analyzed to explore this opportunity. The ...

A L M O S T 3 4 mi l l ion persons are estimated to have been insured 1 under Federal old-age and survivors insurance at the beginning of 1 9 4 4 . Tha t is, there were about 3 4 mi l l ion persons whose deaths could result i n the award of benefits under the program. A l most a mi l l ion were ful ly insured workers who had attained age 6 5 and therefore could have been entit led to pr imary b...

BACKGROUND The uninsured receive less medical care than the insured. However, it is not known whether the uninsured are less likely to seek medical care for highly "serious" or "morbid" symptoms. METHODS Participants in the National Access to Care Survey were asked whether they had experienced any of 15 highly serious or morbid symptoms. Those who did were asked whether they received medical ...

OBJECTIVE Nearly 14% of children in the United States are uninsured. We compared the prevalence of psychosocial problems and mental health services received by insured and uninsured children in primary care practices. METHODS The Child Behavior Study was a cohort study conducted by Pediatric Research in Office Settings and the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network. Four hundred one primary car...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) face unique challenges in accessing affordable health care. Massachusetts implemented major health reform in 2006; little is known about the impact of this state's health reform on uninsurance, access to care, and financial protection for privately and publicly insured CSHCN. METHODS We used a difference-in-differences ...

OBJECTIVES To examine quantitatively the effects of an increase in patient copayments from 10% to 20% on the demand for medical services in Japan. METHODS The subjects of the study were the employees insured by the 1,797 health insurance societies, belonging to the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies, in 1996 and 1998. Indicators of medical service demands analyzed include the i...

OBJECTIVES To investigate relationships between serum lipids and all-cause mortality in an insured population issued policies at standard rates using contemporary analytic techniques. BACKGROUND As with other preferred risk factors, differences in lipid profiles can be an important contributor to morbidity and mortality endpoints in the general and insured population. To better understand the...