We develop an empirical method to assess the degree of financial exposure associated with medical care spending among non-elderly U.S. households with employer-sponsored insurance. A key feature of this method is its simplicity – it only requires data on out-of-pocket (OOP) health care spending and total health care spending and does not require detailed knowledge of health insurance benefit de...

Numerous studies have been done to analyze hospice use among terminally ill pa tients. The recent study by Keating et al. ( 1 ) analyzed variations in hospice use among cancer patients. I applaud their efforts but wish to highlight other factors that could have been considered to make the results more comprehensive. The authors reported that the rate of hospice enrollment varied by the race of ...

Individuals who experience serious mental ill health such as schizophrenia are more likely to be overweight or obese than others in the general population. This high prevalence of obesity and other associated metabolic disturbances, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, contribute to a reduced life expectancy of up to 25 years. Several reasons have been proposed for high levels of...

INTRODUCTION There is limited research on the prevalence and factors associated with self-reported ill health among older people in Uganda. OBJECTIVE Therefore, the aim of this paper was to estimate the prevalence of self-reported ill health and to identify associated risk factors among older people (age 50+) in Uganda. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted secondary analysis of a cross sectio...

This study examines the policy and practice of compassionate release of terminally ill prisoners and its implications for Nigerian criminal justice administration. Qualitative methodology using structured interview was adopted to elicit data from key informants and content analysis was used in data analysis. The study revealed that the health status of inmates and health care delivery in prison...