Glycemic self-monitoring and insurance coverage

Glycemic self-monitoring and insurance coverage.

Self-medication and health insurance coverage in Mexico.

Self-medication is a common practice in many developing countries but little is known about its determinants. This study analyzes the factors that are associated with the use of self-medication in Mexico using the Mexican Health and Aging Study, a new nationally representative survey on adults aged 50 and over. We find that self-medication is related to socioeconomic status and the lack of acce...

Determinants of self-rated private health insurance coverage in Jamaica

The purpose of the current study was to model the health insurance coverage of Jamaicans; and to identify the determinants, strength and predictive power of the model in order to aid clinicians and other health practitioners in understanding those who have health insurance coverage. This study utilized secondary data taken from the dataset of the Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions which was co...

Validity of self-reported prescription drug insurance coverage.

OBJECTIVES This article assesses the validity of prescription drug insurance coverage as self-reported in the 1996/97 National Population Health Survey (NPHS). DATA SOURCE The data are from the cross-sectional household component of Statistics Canada's 1996/97 NPHS. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Most seniors and all social assistance recipients are entitled to prescription drug benefits from their ...

Health insurance coverage.

Unlike children in most other economically developed countries, children in the United States are not guaranteed health insurance coverage. Indeed, many U.S. children have no health insurance coverage at all. Their lack of coverage restricts their access to health care services: uninsured children have fewer physician visits per year than children with insurance and are less likely to have a us...