Why do indemnity insurance plans cost substantially more per capita--77% more in our study--than HMOs? We answer this question using data from a large organization's insurance pool, covering 215,000 lives. We decompose cost differences for eight major medical conditions into four sources: demographics, incidence within demographic groups, treatment intensity, and prices per service. Greater inc...

The status of radioactive tracer studies in cardiovascular diagnosis is summarized. Planning guidelines are suggested for a hospital nuclear medical service including a central nuclear medical facility and satellite units, and resource criteria are given for professional personnel including training and duties, equipment, space, and support system. The administrative organization of a nuclear m...

Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010, Minnesota has experienced historic increases in the number of residents covered by health insurance. What is less known is how rural Minnesota has fared within those statewide changes, not only in terms of insurance coverage but also across aspects of health care access such as affordability, service availability and use of medical care. E...

BACKGROUND Several years have passed since the rural New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) in China was established and policies kept continuous improvement. Its policies on chronic diseases vary by county but have certain shared characteristics. Following this modification of medical insurance policy, this study reassesses the provision of insurance against expenditure on chronic diseases in r...

as one of the motivational theories which define both values and attitudes beyond personal as well as organizational benefits, public service motivation (psm) model aims to underscore the appreciation of individuals with regard to public interests. if psm pattern being optional is synchronized with civic-organizational behavior, its effectiveness is manifested in improving service quality. the ...

OBJECTIVES Compare rates of medical insurance claims for musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) between workers in a construction trade and a general worker population to determine if higher physical exposures in construction lead to higher rates of claims on personal medical insurance. METHODS Health insurance claims between 2006 and 2010 from floor layers were frequency matched by age, gender, eli...