In this paper, we study the relationship between prevention and savings and analyze their socially optimal levels. In a first part, we analyze optimal decisions of primary prevention and savings when individuals face a health risk involving expenses that can not be covered by any insurance (private or public). We take into account the possibility for the individuals to underestimate or overesti...

OBJECTIVE To assess the existing situation relating to investments made by development partners in the health sector in Pakistan. METHODS This was a retrospective study completed over a period of 6 months in which financial data for the year July 2004 to June 2005 was collected. A uniform matrix was circulated to all the stakeholders in public sector and international donors who had a stake i...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Multi-hospital health systems have become the most popular administrative structure in healthcare, leading to both opportunities and challenges for hospital administrators. In government-funded healthcare systems, there is a balance between costs and the provision of health services. The aim of the present study is to assess the efficiency in terms of costs of a multi-pavilio...

In a recent article in this journal Simon-Tuval, Horev and Kaplan argue that in order to improve the protection of consumers there might be a need to impose a threshold on the medical loss ratio (MLR) for voluntary health insurance (VHI) in Israel [1]. Their argument is that VHI in Israel covers several essential services that are not covered by the mandatory benefits package due to budget cons...

The Cost of Caring for Young Children This study examines the “cost burden” of child care, defined as day care expenses divided by after-tax income. Data are from the wave 10 core and child care topical modules to the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation. We estimate that the average child under six years of age lives in a family that spends 4.9 percent of after-tax income on day car...

This paper aims to evaluate the implications of Eucalyptus woodchip utilization as an alternative solid fuel for thermal power plants, highlighting its energy properties, generation expenses and unit variable costs. Woodchip samples were collected from different sources a proximate analysis was carried out in order determine their moisture content, basic bulk densities, ash content higher heati...