AIMS This study aimed to describe the current situation with regard to dental care provided under social insurance in Iran in qualitative terms and to assess it critically with regard to equity and efficiency. METHODS After a thorough review of the relevant literature, a template of topics, which included population coverage, range of treatment provided, contracting mechanisms, fees, level of...

Abstract Indonesia is an archipelago country and fairly vulnerable to disasters. While disasters generally affect government revenue expenditure, their effects likely vary by country. This study examines the effect of on fiscal balance, revenue, expenditure local governments. We used panel data fixed methods estimate degree which disaster severity influences budgetary solvency at district provi...

When the Japanese government adopted Western medicine in the late nineteenth century, it left intact the infrastructure of primary care by giving licenses to the existing practitioners and by initially setting the hurdle for entry into medical school low. Public financing of hospitals was kept minimal so that almost all of their revenue came from patient charges. When social health insurance (S...

Insurance premiums reflect expectations about the future losses of each insured. Given dearth cyber security loss data, market could shed light on true magnitude despite noise from factors unrelated to losses. To that end, we extract insurance pricing information regulatory filings 26 insurers. We provide empirical observations how vary by coverage type, amount, and policyholder type over time....

Imagine there exist markets for yield futures contracts as well as ordinary price futures contracts. • Intuitively one would think that a combined use of yield futures contracts and price futures contracts ought to provide a reasonable strategy for insuring revenue. • In the paper this idea is made precise. It is shown that revenue can be secured in by a combined replication of these two contra...

Context: China’s New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) aims to provide health insurance to 800 million rural citizens and to correct distortions in rural Chinese health care. However, little is known about the effects of its individual policy features or its impact on village clinics (the primary care backbone of rural China). Objective: The objective of this study is to determine whether...

impact of hospital deductions imposed by the social security insurance on patient’s teaching hospitals of kashan karami m* , safdari r , moini m received: 22 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract background & aims: deductions not only waste a large amount of hospitals revenue and reduce hospital finance but also result in financial burden on patients through increasing out of pocket expe...