OBJECTIVE: To characterize malpractice risk among US pediatricians. METHODS: We analyzed malpractice claims of all pediatricians and other physicians covered by a nationwide liability insurer from 1991 to 2005 (n = 1630 pediatricians; 40 916 total physicians). We characterized annual malpractice risk among pediatricians compared with other physicians. We characterized claims according to patien...

INTRODUCTION The purpose was to examine whether health-promotion programs offered by California health plans are a serious attempt to improve health status or a marketing device used in an increasingly competitive marketplace. The research examined differences in the coverage, availability, utilization, and evaluation of health-promotion programs in California health plans. METHODS A mail sur...

The Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is the most widely used network security mechanism for distinguishing between normal and malicious traffic activities. It aids in that it may identify unforeseen hazards traffic. Several techniques have been put forth by different researchers intrusion detection. However, because attacks increased dramatically, making difficult to execute precise detection r...

This research studied a special-needs population under age 18 who had both private insurance and Medicaid coverage through the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA) option. We found that children with managed care plans, particularly health maintenance organizations (HMOs), tended to incur higher total expenses to TEFRA than children with indemnity plans. Our findings also sh...

When the indemnity schedule is contingent on the farmer’s price and individual yield, an optimal crop revenue insurance contract depends only on the farmer’s gross revenue. However, this design is not efficient if, as is the case with available contracts, the coverage function is based on imperfect estimators of individual yield and/or price. The producer’s degree of prudence and the extent of ...

Abstract This paper studies a Pareto-optimal reinsurance problem when the contract is subject to default of reinsurer. We assume that reinsurer can invest share its wealth in risky asset and occurs reinsurer's end-of-period insufficient cover indemnity. show without solvency regulation, optimal indemnity function excess-of-loss form, regardless investment decision. Under regulation constraint, ...

In order to ensure stable law enforcement, it is important have a correct interpretation of the functions institution indemnity and unified approaches implementation mechanism for concluding executing an agreement on transfer indemnity. The legal nature indemnity, its special properties significance in construction termination obligation by been investigated. It has emphasized that function rec...