Voluntary health insurance schemes help those who are not included in social health insurance (1). These are divided into supplementary and selfemployed insurance. Generally, the supplementary health insurance provides health facilities in nongovernmental sectors for the insured, fills the gap in services and commitments of basic health insurance, (2) makes the room for innovation, diversity an...

BACKGROUND Although many studies have analyzed health insurance worldwide, most focus on whole populations rather than specific vulnerable groups. There is a lack of studies that compare different schemes. This paper evaluates the impact of different types of social health insurance and other associated factors on healthcare utilization and costs among middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults. ...

The dramatic rise in the disability insurance (DI) roles in the last 20 years has been the subject of much controversy in both popular and academic circles. While, the relationship between DI and labor force participation has been the subject of a growing literature, the mechanism of this transition from employment to DI remains unclear. We hypothesize that one mechanism is the state-level admi...

The number of people in Australia that are currently covered by a hospital private health insurance product continues to rise every quarter. In September 2010, for the first time since the introduction of the public universal social insurance scheme, Medicare, more than 10million persons in Australia are covered by private health insurance. Although the number of persons covered by private heal...

introduction: supplementary health care services are provided to offer health care services beyond existing medical services at a reasonable cost to all members. these supplementary health care services contribute to the health and quality of life of the members and therefore membership provides peace of mind and a sense of security. this study aimed at investigating supplementary health care s...

AIMS To analyse inequalities by social class in children's access to and utilisation of health services in Catalonia (Spain), private health insurance coverage, and certain aspects of the quality of care received. DESIGN Cross sectional study using data from the 1994 Catalan Health Interview Survey. SETTING Child population of Catalonia. PARTICIPANTS A representative sample of non-institu...

Each year, starting with 1948, the Social Security Administration has prepared an annual summary of the extent to which voluntary health insurance is enabling the population of the United States to budget its medical care expenditures. The methodology originally developed has been consistently applied each year, although refinements and improvements have been made in the data. This year the ser...