KEY FINDINGS Data from the National Health Interview Survey •During 2014, 78.1% of adults aged 18-64 were insured at the time of interview and had been insured for more than a year. •About 6.4% of adults were insured at the time of interview but had a period of no insurance in the past year. •About 12.3% of adults were uninsured at the time of interview and had been uninsured for more than a ye...

BACKGROUND Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) control is higher among insured than uninsured adults, but data on time trends and contributing factors are incomplete and important for improving health equity. METHODS AND RESULTS Awareness, treatment, and control of elevated LDL-C were compared among insured versus uninsured and publicly versus privately insured adults, aged 21 to 64 y...

INTRODUCTION Palivizumab is indicated for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in high-risk children. Previous palivizumab utilization studies examined prior authorization claims but did not examine utilization within insured populations as a whole. This study describes outpatient palivizumab utilization trends and characterizes high-risk infants receiving palivizumab w...

to both economists and policy makers. According to economic theory, the size of the response depends on the degree to which households are insured against such shocks and also whether the economic shock is permanent. Most shocks to wealth are not insured at all. Some shocks to income are insured, but often insurance, such as unemployment benefits, does not replace 100 percent of earnings. In th...

BACKGROUND The introduction of health insurance in Ghana in 2003 has resulted in a tremendous increase in utilization of health services. However, concerns are being raised about the quality of patient care. Some of the concerns include long waiting times, verbal abuse of patients by health care providers, inadequate physical examination by doctors and discrimination of insured patients. The st...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of race and insurance status on trauma mortality. METHODS Review of patients (aged 18-64 years; Injury Severity Score > or = 9) included in the National Trauma Data Bank (2001-2005). African American and Hispanic patients were each compared with white patients and insured patients were compared with uninsured patients. Multiple logistic regression analyses de...

This article aims to present an analysis of the condition Special Insured in Brazilian legal system. Its historical evolution as a social debt with those who were and are most responsible for feeding country. Introduce concept Insured, analyze requirements granting special Insured’s retirement means proof time rural activity.

PURPOSE Limited research has examined the factors associated with female permanent contraception procedures. This study evaluated the temporal trend in the use of hysteroscopic sterilization (HS) vs laparoscopic sterilization (LS) and characteristics of commercially insured and Medicaid-insured women in the US who have had the procedures. METHODS Women aged 15-49 years with claims for HS and ...

Previous studies found that uninsured and Medicaid insured cancer patients have poorer outcomes than cancer patients with private insurance. We examined the association between health insurance status and survival of New Jersey patients 18-64 diagnosed with seven common cancers during 1999-2004. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals for 5-year cause-specific survival were calculated...

OBJECTIVES This study examined the association between type of health insurance coverage and quality of primary care as measured by its distinguishing attributes--first contact, longitudinality, comprehensiveness, and coordination. METHODS The household component of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was used for this study. The analysis primarily focused on subjects aged younger than ...