BACKGROUND The uninsured receive less medical care than the insured. However, it is not known whether the uninsured are less likely to seek medical care for highly "serious" or "morbid" symptoms. METHODS Participants in the National Access to Care Survey were asked whether they had experienced any of 15 highly serious or morbid symptoms. Those who did were asked whether they received medical ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) face unique challenges in accessing affordable health care. Massachusetts implemented major health reform in 2006; little is known about the impact of this state's health reform on uninsurance, access to care, and financial protection for privately and publicly insured CSHCN. METHODS We used a difference-in-differences ...

OBJECTIVE Nearly 14% of children in the United States are uninsured. We compared the prevalence of psychosocial problems and mental health services received by insured and uninsured children in primary care practices. METHODS The Child Behavior Study was a cohort study conducted by Pediatric Research in Office Settings and the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network. Four hundred one primary car...

OBJECTIVES To examine quantitatively the effects of an increase in patient copayments from 10% to 20% on the demand for medical services in Japan. METHODS The subjects of the study were the employees insured by the 1,797 health insurance societies, belonging to the National Federation of Health Insurance Societies, in 1996 and 1998. Indicators of medical service demands analyzed include the i...

OBJECTIVES To investigate relationships between serum lipids and all-cause mortality in an insured population issued policies at standard rates using contemporary analytic techniques. BACKGROUND As with other preferred risk factors, differences in lipid profiles can be an important contributor to morbidity and mortality endpoints in the general and insured population. To better understand the...

BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2002;15:336–337 In many health care liability claims, especially after the parties begin to discuss a settlement, it is not unusual for plaintiffs to make a demand on the defendant health care provider to settle the claim within policy limits. In Texas, this demand is known as a Stowers demand, after the Texas Supreme Court case G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. v. American Indemnity...

BACKGROUND Disease has become one of the key causes of falling into poverty in rural China. The poor households are even more likely to suffer. The New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) has been implemented to provide rural residents financial protection against health risks. This study aims to assess the effect of the NCMS on alleviating health payment-induced poverty in the Shaanxi Province o...

Research on impact of publicly financed health insurance has paid relatively little attention to the nature of healthcare provision the schemes engage. India's National Health Insurance Scheme or RSBY was made universal by Chhattisgarh State in 2012. In the State, public and private sectors provide hospital services in a context of extensive gender, social, economic and geographical inequities....