scholarly journals Association Between Supplemental Private Health Insurance and Burden of Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure in China: A Novel Approach to Estimate Two-Part Model with Random Effects Using Panel Data

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 323-334
Author(s):  
Yawen Jiang ◽  
Weiyi Ni
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Part Model

scholarly journals Healthcare Expenditure on Childbirth in India: Two Part Model Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Kumar ◽  
Mandeep Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Healthcare Expenditure ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Public Health Facilities ◽  
Status Occupation ◽  
Part Model

The aim of the study is to estimate the extent and determinants of healthcare expenditure of inpatients on childbirth in India. The study is based on sample of 14510 women who gave birth to a child (whether live or still-birth, vaginal or caesarean). To estimate the determinants two-part models has been utilised. The results indicate that women spent on average around INR 9103 per childbirth in hospitals. There are also wide variations in the spending pattern of women on childbirth. Household size, economic status, occupation, religion, and caste impact the expenditure on childbirth in hospitals. There are also wide variations in the spending of women belonging to different geo-graphical locations of India. Surgeries/caesarean or utilisation of facilities like special room and diagnostic tests etc. also significantly increase the expenditure. Women opting for public health facilities or having insurance spend less as compared to others. Government of India should increase investment in health to strengthen its current infrastructure. There is dire need to improve the quality of public health facilities, to reduce the regional imbalances in health facilities, to improve the coverage of health insurance in India for equitable and pro-people health facilities.

The impact of macro-fiscal factors and private health insurance financing on public health expenditure: evidence from the OECD countries for the period 2000–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Sfakianakis ◽  
Nikolaos Grigorakis ◽  
Georgios Galyfianakis ◽  
Maria Katharaki
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Public Health Expenditure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeBecause of the 2008 global financial crisis aftermaths, economic downturn and prolonged recession, several OECD countries have adopted an austerity compound by significantly reducing public health expenditure (PHE) for dealing with their fiscal pressure and sovereign-debt challenges. Against this backdrop, this study aims to examine the responsiveness of PHE to macro-fiscal determinants, demography, as well to private health insurance (PHI) financing.Design/methodology/approachThe authors gather annual panel data from four international organizations databases for the total of OECD countries from a period lasting from 2000 to 2017. The authors apply static and dynamic econometric methodology to deal with panel data and assess the impact of several parameters on PHE.FindingsThe authors’ findings indicate that gross domestic product, fiscal capacity, tax revenues and population aging have a positive effect on PHE. Further, the authors find that both unemployment rate and voluntary private health insurance financing present a negative statistically significant impact on our estimated outcome variable. Different specifications and sample periods applied in the regression models reveal how inseparably associated are PHE and OECD's economies compliance on macro-fiscal policies for offsetting public finances derailment.Practical implicationsProviding more evidence on the responsiveness of PHE to several macro-fiscal drivers, it can be a helpful tool for governments to reconsider their persistence on fiscal adjustments measures and rank public health financing to the top of their political agenda. Health systems policies for meeting Universal Health Coverage (UHC) objectives, they should also take into consideration the voluntary PHI institution, especially for economies with insufficient fiscal capacity to raise public health financing.Originality/valueTo the best of knowledge, the impact of unemployment and voluntary PHI funding on public health financing, apart from other macro-fiscal and demographical parameters effect, remains unnoticed in the existing published studies on the topic.

A mechanism to improve the allocation of public investment funds

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1522-1533
Author(s):  
A.V. Larionov
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
The Public ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Effective System

Subject. This article deals with the issue of improving the public investment allocative efficiency. Objectives. The article aims to develop an approach to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public investment in the economy. Methods. The study is based on a panel data regression with random effects. Conclusions and Relevance. All sectors of the economy have different demand for investment resources attracted, determined by operational and technological aspects. The results of the study can be used to develop an effective system of public investment.

A Novel Approach for Labelling Health Insurance Data for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Classification

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
César L. C. Mattos ◽  
Amauri H. Souza Júnior ◽  
Ajalmar R. Rocha Neto ◽  
Guilherme A. Barreto ◽  
Ronaldo F. Ramos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Risk ◽  
Risk Classification ◽  
Health Insurance Data ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Insurance Data

Constructing health consumers: Private health insurance discourses in Australia and the United Kingdom

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Harley ◽  
Karen Willis ◽  
Jonathan Gabe ◽  
Stephanie Doris Short ◽  
Fran Collyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Consumers
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