Insurance Coverage - Economics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy.

29 Jul 2009 The Medicare drug benefit (Medicare "Part D"), provides federal subsidies to pay premiums and cost sharing for low-income beneficiaries--almost 10 million in 2009. Yet there are several policy issues concerning these low-income beneficiaries under ... Read more...

Inequalities in health care utilization in Spain due to double insurance coverage: An Oaxaca-Ransom decomposition.

19 Jul 2009 In this article, the analysis of inequalities in health care utilization, produced by the taking out of a private health insurance policy to supplement the care provided by the Spanish National Health System, has been performed by the Oaxaca-Ransom ... Read more...

[Cost analysis for ambulatory treatment of cystic fibrosis patients in Germany. Overview of the prospective study results]

16 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: Main objective of this study is to assess and evaluate resource use in outpatient treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in Germany and to compare this with current reimbursement. METHODS: Outpatient treatment was evaluated in seven different CF ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance Coverage - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medicare's new regulations for deep vein thrombosis as a "never event": wise or worrisome? 30 Oct 2009
• Implementing evidence-based health policy in Washington State. 27 Oct 2009
• The Baucus bill and the hope for reform. 12 Oct 2009
• Is CMS's requirement for age-specific clinical evidence before considering coverage for CT colonography reasonable and necessary? 30 Aug 2009
• [Statement in a minute's time] 26 Aug 2009
• SCHIP crunched. Calif. struggles to cover children. 22 Aug 2009
• For exchange students. Massachusetts' 'connector' offers lessons in debate over insurance exchange. 15 Aug 2009
• Health 'reform' that isn't. Despite the rhetoric, costs will rise. Aug 2009
• Rising rates bring focus on self-insured plans. 30 Jul 2009
• Florida Blue tells folks to step right in, feel at home. 30 Jul 2009
• The Medicare drug benefit: update on the low-income subsidy. 29 Jul 2009
• Inequalities in health care utilization in Spain due to double insurance coverage: An Oaxaca-Ransom decomposition. 19 Jul 2009
• [Cost analysis for ambulatory treatment of cystic fibrosis patients in Germany. Overview of the prospective study results] 16 Jul 2009
• The effect of Medicare Part D on drug and medical spending. 30 Jun 2009
• National Authority for Health: France. 29 Jun 2009
• Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care: Germany. 29 Jun 2009
• Failure to protect: why the individual insurance market is not a viable option for most U.S. families: findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2007. 29 Jun 2009
• Insurers feel heat again. Hearing focuses on billing and marketing practices. 27 Jun 2009
• Comparison of health care use and costs in newly diagnosed and established patients with fibromyalgia. 22 Jun 2009
• The unintended (and costly) effects due to the introduction of an unrestricted reimbursement policy for atypical antipsychotic medications in a Canadian public prescription drug program: 1996/97 to 2005/06. 14 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Insurance Coverage'

Definition: Generally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an insurance contract with an insurer. (Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D019458

Alternative terms: Insurance Coverage; Coverage, Insurance; Insurance Status; Status, Insurance;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.265;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific type of insurance (IM); not restricted to health insurance; specify geog if pertinent; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE (restricted to health insurance) is also available