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Health insurance literacy and health services access barriers in Niemann–Pick disease: the patient and caregiver voice
BackgroundMajor challenges to health care access include low health insurance literacy, prohibitive costs, and insurance barriers. Niemann–Pick...
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Laos’ Social Health Insurance (SHI) program’s impact on older people’s accessibility and financial security against catastrophic health expense
Laos has introduced various SHI schemes for multiple groups of the population, such as government officials and other population groups under the NHI...
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Health insurance coverage and modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Nigeria: Further analysis of 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey
BackgroundStudies have shown that affordable health insurance can influence healthcare visits and increase the choice of medication uptake in...
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The promotion of pooling level of basic medical insurance and participants’ health: impact effects and mediating mechanisms
BackgroundEnhancing the pooling of basic medical insurance plays a vital role in strengthening the resilience to risk and co-payment capacity of...
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National health insurance scheme: perceived factors influencing enrolment and health-seeking behaviour among employees of federal government establishments in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
AimThe National Health Insurance Scheme has improved enrolment and health-seeking behaviour among Nigerians, especially federal government employees....
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A socio-political history of South Africa’s National Health Insurance
BackgroundSpurred by the WHO’s endorsement of universal health coverage as a goal of all health systems, many countries are undertaking health...
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Private Practice, Private Insurance, and Private Pay Mental Health Services: An Understudied Area in Implementation Science
The private practice setting is understudied. Private practice includes settings in which mental health providers are unaffiliated with healthcare...
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The optimal co-insurance rate for outpatient drug expenses of Iranian health insured based on the data mining method
ObjectiveA more equal allocation of healthcare funds for patients who must pay high costs of care ensures the welfare of society. This study aimed to...
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Comparison of 1-year survival between patients initiating chronic hemodialysis under public and private health insurance: register-based data analysis from Brazil
PurposeBrazil has one of the world’s highest numbers of patients on hemodialysis (HD). Most dialysis centers are private and perform HD for patients...
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Inequality and private health insurance in Zimbabwe: history, politics and performance
IntroductionZimbabwe has one of the highest rates of private health insurance (PHI) expenditures as a share of total health expenditures in the...
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Does health insurance coverage improve maternal healthcare services utilization in India? Evidence from National Family Health Survey-5, 2019–21
ObjectiveUniversal health coverage and maternal health outcomes have become a part of the global health agenda in low and middle-income countries...
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Expectations of clients, insurers, and providers: a qualitative responsiveness assessment among private health insurance sector in Kampala-Uganda
BackgroundThere is less attention to assessing how health services meet the expectations of private health insurance (PHI) actors, clients, insurers,...
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Preferences of healthcare workers for provider payment systems in The Gambia’s National Health Insurance Scheme
BackgroundThe Government of The Gambia introduced a national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2021 to promote universal health coverage (UHC)....
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Determinants of willingness to pay for community-based health insurance scheme among households in rural community of southern Ethiopia
BackgroundCommunity-based health insurance programs are being acknowledged as effective strategies to attain universal health coverage and mitigate...
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The Swiss Health Insurance Literacy Measure (HILM-CH): Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Validation
BackgroundMost consumers face difficulties when choosing and navigating health insurance plans. Health insurance literacy (HIL) has been discussed as...
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Linking health survey data with health insurance data: methodology, challenges, opportunities and recommendations for public health research. An experience from the HISlink project in Belgium
In recent years, the linkage of survey data to health administrative data has increased. This offers new opportunities for research into the use of...
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Formation mechanism of residents' intention to purchase commercial health insurance: the moderating effect of environmental pollution perception
AimWith the development of the social economy, commercial health insurance in China has gradually been recognized by residents, but it is still in...
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Effect of community-based health insurance on catastrophic health expenditure among chronic disease patients in Asella referral hospital, Southeast Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
BackgroundChronic disease-related catastrophic health spending is frequent in Ethiopia affecting several households, particularly the poorest ones. A...
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A step closer towards achieving universal health coverage: the role of gender in enrolment in health insurance in India
BackgroundThere is limited understanding of how universal health coverage (UHC) schemes such as publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) benefit women...
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How public and private health insurance coverage mitigates catastrophic health expenditures in Republic of Korea
BackgroundThe private health insurance (PHI) market in Republic of Korea has instituted indemnity insurance plans that provide partial reimbursements...
