Healthcare costs in the U.S. are the highest in the world and are increasing rapidly. With increasing costs, employers and health insurance companies are trying to contain the cost of healthcare. This study aims at developing a predictive model relating enrollees' healthcare insurance claims to their health risks while controlling for gender, age, and their previous year's claims. Our study fin...

background: the national health accounts keep track of all healthcare related activities from the beginning (i.e. resource provision), to the end (i.e. service provision). this study was conducted to address following questions: how is the iranian health system funded? who distribute the funds? for what services are the funds spent on?, what service providers receive the funds? methods: the req...

BACKGROUND We examined the long-term effects of home-based bench-stepping exercise training on total healthcare expenditure (TOHEX) and number of outpatient visits (NOVIS) in elderly adults. METHODS A total of 189 elderly Japanese (age 73 ± 4 years) participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to either an exercise or control group. TOHEX, NOVIS, and outpatient expenditure (OPEX) w...

Policymakers are often interested in understanding how the receipt of a subsidy affects economic behavior. In the case of housing assistance, they may want to understand how cost savings (if they exist) from the receipt of a rental subsidy affects their spending on other goods. This paper analyzes Consumer Expenditure (CE) Survey data to investigate the relationship between rental assistance an...

BACKGROUND The simultaneous improvement of the security capability of China Health Insurance System and its development in the last decade remains uncertain. This study measures the status and trends of reimbursement levels of the China Health Insurance System, as well as to offer policy advice to subsequent insurance reforms. METHODS The National Reimbursement Ratio was created to determine ...

BACKGROUND Validated instruments collecting data on health-related resource use are lacking, but required, for example, to investigate predictors of healthcare use or for health economic evaluation.The objective of the study was to develop, test and refine a questionnaire collecting data on health-related resource use and expenditure in patients with diabetes. METHODS The questionnaire was te...