Private health insurance (PHI) refers to diverse health funding arrangements in different national contexts (Colombo and Tapay, 2004a). It is distinguished from public coverage programmes primarily by its funding through non‐income‐related premiums ‐ usually paid on the basis of a contract between...
Congress has seen a renewed interest in the market for private health insurance since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This book provides an overview of private-sector (as opposed to government-provided) health insurance. It serves as an introduction to health...
Private-sector health care initiatives: a comparative perspective from four communities. 来自 NCBI 喜欢 0 阅读量: 27 作者:EJ Tell,FPD Fox 摘要: Health insurance payments represent a dramatically rising percent-age of total payroll costs. Private employers in four communities-Boston, Denver, San ...
of COVID-19 and private health insurance reforms. This, alongside our work with the peak industry body, Private Healthcare Australia, enables our team of specialists to offer solutions for day-to-day problems, and over-the-horizon thinking to ensure the sustainability of the sector long term....
European healthcare insurance Growing opportunities in the private sectorI Harcus
The country’s private health insurance sector had a good fiscal 2005 and its credit fundamentals remain good, said Standard & Poor’s. However, the sector will also continue to face pressures such as ageing membership, high medical inflation and flat industry growth dynamics. ...
In the field of healthcare, a large portion of the world population is still not aware of the benefits of health insurance policies. The expenses of medical care are increasing across the world with advancements made in the field. Through the advancement in technology, the healthcare sector is...
The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has taken concrete steps to reform health insurance by improving the access to health providers as well as freedom of choice. The growing cost of health care and the impact of the global financial crisis have meant that countries are no longer able to solely bear the...
One approach is to increase reliance on private health care delivery through expanded private insurance coverage. Using data from Jamaica, we estimate models of the demand for medical care. We find that insurance does induce individuals to opt out of the public sector in favor of the higher-...
sector: the difficulty of finding good doctors, the experience of navigating enormous, poorly laid-out hospitals, the long waits to see doctors, and the overreliance on IV therapy. Increasingly, these consumers say they would be willing to pay for private insurance if it prov...