Japan was the first Asian country to introduce social insurance measures and it has expanded them during the last few decades. The first social insurance law was passed in 1922, dealing with worker’s health insurance, and it was followed by the National Health Insurance in 1938, Seamen’s Insurance in 1939, and Employees’ Pension Insurance in 1921. However, these were seldom widely available in ...

background ghana’s national health insurance scheme (nhis), established by an act of parliament (act 650), in 2003 and since replaced by act 852 of 2012 remains, in african terms, unprecedented in terms of growth and coverage. as a result, the scheme has received praise for its associated legal reforms, clinical audit mechanisms and for serving as a hub for knowledge sharing and learning within...

Background: Launched in 2014, Indonesia’s national health insurance system (JKN) aimed to provide universal coverage, including contraceptive services, its population. We aim evaluate the contribution of JKN overall spending for family planning program Indonesia. Methods: Data from Indonesian Demographic Health Survey, Survey on F...

The U.S. system of care for children is a collection of activities and funding mechanisms that create a complex, fragmented patchwork of services and programs. In contrast, the elderly enjoy universal entitlement to national health insurance through Medicare, a uniform level of income security, and an organized system of community-based services. The provisions of the Older Americans Act (OAA) ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) for liver cancer was initiated in 2003 in Korea. The objective of this study was to evaluate the participation rate of the program and to provide preliminary information on its results based on data collected by the NCSP in 2009. METHODS The target population of the NCSP for liver cancer in 2009 was comprised of 373,590 adults a...

OBJECTIVE National attention has focused on providing health insurance coverage for children. Less awareness has been given to underinsurance, particularly for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Defined as having inadequate benefits, underinsurance may be a particular problem for CSHCN because of their greater needs for medical care. METHODS We used the 2005-2006 National Survey...