background in early 1990s, tanzania like other african countries, adopted health sector reform (hsr). the most strongly held centralisation system that informed the nature of services provision including health was, thus, disintegrated giving rise to decentralisation system. it was within the realm of hsr process, user fees were introduced in the health sector. along with user fees, various typ...

'IpHREE years ago, on July 1, the whole of the powers and. duties of the Local Government Board, the Insurance Commissioners of England and Wales, various health duties hitherto discharged by the Home Office and the Board of Education as specified in the Act, together with certain powers of the Privy Council, were transferred to the Ministry of Health. But in years past far-sighted men like the...

introduction: the rapid increase in health costs across the world has forced governments to use insurance programs. uncontrolled costs would reduce the financial ability of insurance organizations in providing services. abuse of health insurance wastes 3-15% of the health budget annually. this study was conducted to determine cases of violating the rules and regulations of medical services insu...

background: the iranian healthcare system is primarily an insurance based system. this structure has an important influence on the efficiency and equity of the provision of healthcare in iran. this paper reviews the history of the iranian healthcare system and the impact of the iranian health insurance system on healthcare performance based on the results of interviews with key opinion leaders ...

Despite the legal authority to confirm, override or modify healthcare insurance decisions made by physicians and government officials, health tribunal decisions have not been empirically analyzed. Using a novel quantitative methodology, all 387 Health Services Appeal and Review Board written and publicly available electronic decisions released over a five-year time period were statistically ana...

The attempted for-profit conversion of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield culminated in two decades of drift from its nonprofit mission and opened a window of opportunity for Maryland to deny the proposal, replace the board majority, and impose oversight. Maryland rejected the approach used by some states, which have permitted conversion and used the erstwhile nonprofit's assets to endow a health-r...

The Board of Trustees of the oldage and survivors insurance trust fund recently submitted to Congress its sixteenth annual report. The report shows trust fund operations for the fiscal year 1954-55 and, as required by statute, estimates of projected operations during the next 5 years, as well as an analysis of the fund’s long-range actuarial status. The Board is composed of the Secretary of the...

background health insurance has been acknowledged by researchers as a valuable tool in health financing. in spite of its significance, a subscription paralysis has been observed in india for this product. people who can afford health insurance are also found to be either ignorant or aversive towards it. this study is designed to investigate into the socio-economic factors, individuals’ health i...

introduction: health care is considered as one of the basic needs of human societies. health insurance is the most appropriate option for all individuals to enjoy equal health care. however, today, different types of health insurance are facing with various problems which need to be solved through new laws. therefore, health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa) was approved to s...

Background In early 1990s, Tanzania like other African countries, adopted health sector reform (HSR). The most strongly held centralisation system that informed the nature of services provision including health was, thus, disintegrated giving rise to decentralisation system. It was within the realm of HSR process, user fees were introduced in the health sector. Along with user fees, various typ...