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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Behavioral modification. With the historic enactment of mental health parity legislation, providers may see themselves freed from treatment limitations.

4 Oct 2008 The huge financial bailout passed in Washington last week also brought relief for another sector: behavioral health. When it becomes effective Jan. 1, 2009, the mental health parity legislation is expected to give more than 100 million people ... Read more...

The role of citizenship, employment, and socioeconomic characteristics in health insurance coverage among Asian subgroups in the United States.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Asians are the third largest and one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States. OBJECTIVE: We present health insurance data for the 6 largest national subgroups: Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, and ... Read more...

Switching health insurance and its effects on access to physician services.

29 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: This study examines the factors associated with discontinuous health insurance coverage without periods of uninsurance during the past year (ie, switching coverage), and whether it has a detrimental effect on basic access to care. ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance Coverage'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• What explains the diffusion of treatments for mental illness? 30 Oct 2008
• Behavioral modification. With the historic enactment of mental health parity legislation, providers may see themselves freed from treatment limitations. 4 Oct 2008
• The role of citizenship, employment, and socioeconomic characteristics in health insurance coverage among Asian subgroups in the United States. 29 Sep 2008
• Switching health insurance and its effects on access to physician services. 29 Sep 2008
• Does public insurance provide better financial protection against rising health care costs for families of children with special health care needs? 29 Sep 2008
• The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and prepregnancy coverage of teenage mothers. 29 Sep 2008
• Hispanics and health insurance coverage: the rising disparity. 29 Sep 2008
• Minding the gap: a decomposition of emergency department use by Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured. 29 Sep 2008
• Effects of reaching the drug benefit threshold on Medicare members' healthcare utilization during the first year of Medicare Part D. 29 Sep 2008
• Can cafeteria plans expand health insurance coverage? 29 Sep 2008
• Sleeping at home. 29 Sep 2008
• Discussion: 'Physician gender, specialty, and hysterectomy utilization' by Gretz et al. 29 Sep 2008
• Civilian and military genetics: nondiscrimination policy in a post-GINA world. 29 Sep 2008
• How engaged are consumers in their health and health care, and why does it matter? 29 Sep 2008
• Improving child health care through federal policy: an emerging opportunity. 29 Sep 2008
• Health care in the next administration. 22 Sep 2008
• Primum non nocere--the McCain plan for health insecurity. 22 Sep 2008
• Symptomatic relief, but no cure--the Obama health care reform. 22 Sep 2008
• Expensive cancer drugs with modest benefit ignite debate over solutions. 21 Sep 2008
• Welfare reform and older immigrants' health insurance coverage. 15 Sep 2008

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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