TF we ignore the scrap-the-lot critic of the panel system-?who might be worthy of attention if lie had any constructive suggestions to put forward?and turn to the criticism in more responsible quarters, one definite point is beginning to emerge. There is a demand for a fuller medical service for the insured. It comes alike from those who claim to speak for the insured and from the doctors thems...

This Economic Letter presents newly produced data on losses in the federal insurance program for credit union shares and on the rates at which federally insured credit unions (FICUs) failed. (Shares in credit unions are analogous to deposits in banks.) We compare these data to data for institutions insured by the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).We a...

Panelists provoke thoughts and questions relative to whether we know enough about the changing patterns of insured mortality to evaluate future business. Not only do we have the mortality patterns of the typical insured population changing, but we also have the basic makeup of this population changing at the same time. The panelists present their thoughts on how to address our need to know more...

This study was conducted to assess the comparative efficiency of Aftab Bahumukhi Farm Limited (ABFL) supervised broiler farms and farmers’ own managed broiler farms. Data were collected from randomly selected 90 broiler farmers of which 45 were ABFL supervised farmers and 45 were own managed farmers. Cobb-Douglas stochastic production function and cost frontier function were applied to determin...

Background: Health insurance literacy is a nascent concept that has emerged mainly after the implementation of the law known as Obamacare in the United States. This study seeks to identify the themes of health insurance literacy in Iranian society. Methods: The study approach is qualitative. Data were collected using nine semi-structured interviews, ten focal group meetings with the presence o...

BACKGROUND The association between farmers' market characteristics and consumer shopping habits remains unclear. Our objective was to examine associations among distance to farmers' markets, amenities within farmers' markets, frequency of farmers' market shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index (BMI). We hypothesized that the relationship between frequency of farmers' mark...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to establish a basis for improving or strengthening the preventive strategy against scrub typhus in Korea by comparing and analyzing the difference of prevention behaviors contributing to the occurrence of scrub typhus in Japan and Korea. METHODS The survey was carried out in Jeollabuk-do, which is a high risk and high incidence area, and Fukuoka Prefe...

To the Editor of The Hospital & Health Review. Dear Sir,-?Reference is made under the above heading in your last issue to the arrangement with the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute whereby certain of the Approved Societies provide home Nursing for their members. We should like to point out that the same position holds good for all members living in the many areas in London where Ranyard Nurses...

has not been sufficiently satisfactory to justify the Insurance Committee in proceeding to put the scheme into operation. In many cases the Approved Society stated that it would be prepared to contribute to the scheme, but inasmuch as in other parts of the country such schemes were not in operation, the insured persons in Cheshire would thereby have an undue advantage over their members in othe...