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Does supplemental private health insurance impact health care utilization and seeking behavior of residents covered by social health insurance? Evidence from China National Health Services Survey
BackgroundSupplemental private health insurance (PHI) plays a crucial role in complementing China’s social health insurance (SHI). However, the...
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Towards universal health coverage in Vietnam: a mixed-method case study of enrolling people with tuberculosis into social health insurance
BackgroundVietnam’s primary mechanism of achieving sustainable funding for universal health coverage (UHC) and financial protection has been through...
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Effect of social capital on enrolment of informal sector occupational groups in the national health insurance scheme in Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
BackgroundEnrolment of informal sector workers in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is critical to achieving increased risk-pooling and...
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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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Changes in health care utilization and financial protection after integration of the rural and urban social health insurance schemes in Bei**g, China
BackgroundChina expanded health coverage to residents in informal economic sectors by the rural new cooperative medical scheme (NCMS) for rural...
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The impact of health insurance enrollment on health outcomes in Kenya
BackgroundThe achievement of the global agenda on universal health coverage (UHC) is pivotal in ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being...
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Network analysis of Iranian's health insurance ecosystem before and after the introduction of Universal Health Insurance law
IntroductionThe policy-making process in health reform is challenging due to the complexity of organizations, overlap** roles, and diversity of...
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Social risks and social needs in a health insurance exchange sample: a longitudinal evaluation of utilization
BackgroundHealth systems are increasingly attempting to intervene on social adversity as a strategy to improve health care outcomes. To inform health...
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Social Insurance Literacy Among the Sick-listed—A Study of Clients’ Comprehension and Self-Rated System Comprehensibility of the Sickness Insurance System
IntroductionSickness insurance systems and their processes have been studied in terms of transparency, comprehensibility and fairness, highlighting...
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Factors affecting health insurance utilization among insured population: evidence from health insurance program of Bhaktapur district of Nepal
BackgroundThe Government of Nepal introduced the family-based health insurance program in 2016 to increase financial protection and improve access to...
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Determinants of health insurance coverage among women in Mauritania: a multilevel analysis
BackgroundHealth insurance has been documented as one of the primary methods of financing healthcare for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by...
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The Social Insurance Literacy Questionnaire (SILQ): Development and Psychometric Evaluation
PurposeFor clients to understand social insurance decisions and processes, information from authorities needs to be comprehensible, and clients need...
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Inequalities in unmet health care needs under universal health insurance coverage in China
BackgroundExpanding health insurance is a critical step towards universal health coverage due to its positive effect on reducing unmet health care...
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Influence of sub-national social health insurance scheme on enrollees’ health seeking behaviour in Anambra state, Nigeria: a pre and post study
BackgroundAppropriate health-seeking behaviour (HSB) is crucial for improving health outcomes and achieving universal health coverage (UHC)....
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Blacklisting Health Insurance Premium Defaulters: Is Denial of Medical Care Ethically Justifiable?
Rising health insurance costs and the cost of living crisis are likely leading to an increase in unpaid health insurance bills in many countries. In...
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Adverse health shocks, social insurance and household consumption: evidence from Indonesia’s Askeskin program
This study examines the efficacy of Askeskin, a subsidized social health insurance targeted towards poor households and informal sector workers in...
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Willingness to pay for social health insurance and its associated factors among public servants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundAs a means of establishing a sustained and fair health care financing system, Ethiopia has planned and ratified a legal framework to...
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Medical insurance, livelihood capital and public health in China
BackgroundMedical insurance stands as a pivotal component within the overarching framework of public service systems. The intricate interplay between...
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Association between the location of social medical insurance and social integration among China’s elderly rural migrants: a nationwide cross-sectional study
BackgroundUniversal social medical insurance coverage is viewed as a major factor in promoting social integration, but insufficient evidence exists...
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Effects of private health insurance on medical expenditure and health service utilization in South Korea: a quantile regression analysis
BackgroundDespite universal health insurance, South Korea has seen a sharp increase in the number of people enrolled in supplemental private health...
