CONTEXT Trust is the cornerstone of the patient-physician relationship. Payment methods that place physicians at financial risk have raised concerns about patients' trust in physicians to act in patients' best interests. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent to which methods of physician payment are related to patient trust. DESIGN Cross-sectional telephone interview survey done between January ...

A typical indemnification clause requires the indemnitor to “indemnify and hold the indemnitee harmless.” It might also require the indemnitor to “defend” the indemnitee. While most legal authorities agree that the obligation to defend is different from the obligations to indemnify and hold harmless, many regard the promises to indemnify and hold harmless as synonymous, suggesting that either b...

There are many options for controlling the spread of animal diseases. Some diseases have been treated as public sector problems and many nations have tried to control disease spread by purchasing sick animals from farmers. Government agencies have purchased breeding stock that might transmit diseases. Government agencies have purchased animals that might otherwise have gone to the slaughterhous...

PURPOSE To analyze and compare malpractice claims rates between male and female ophthalmologists and test the hypothesis that claims rates are equal between the two sexes. METHODS A retrospective, cohort study review was made of all claims reported to the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company from January 1990 through December 2008 in which an expense (including indemnity and/or legal defense c...

The study appraised liquidity management and gross earnings of insurance firms in Nigeria. During the Covid-19 period, were faced with financial responsibility indemnifying numerous risks suffered by policy holders. To do so effectively, they need to be liquid enough as meet such indemnity demands at when due. This affects their investment. Hence examines Current ratio, cash operating flow rati...

Abstract Reinsurance and CAT bonds are two alternative risk management instruments used by insurance companies. Insurers should be indifferent between the in a perfect capital market. However, theoretical literature suggests that insured characteristics market imperfections may influence effectiveness efficiency of reinsurance relative to bonds. add value insurers’ strategies therefore substitu...

background informal payments for health care, which are common in many countries, can have negative effects on health care access, equity and health status as they lead people to forgo or delay seeking care, or to sell assets to pay for care. many countries are putting reforms in place with the aim of reducing informal payments. in order to be successful, such policies should be informed by the...