Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…Meanwhile, women with health insurance were less likely to attend at least one PNC visit (AOR=0.3, CI=0.1–0.6) compared with those without health insurance.Conclusion Women with planned pregnancies, higher education and husbands who completed formal schooling were more likely to access comprehensive maternal healthcare services, including ANC, institutional delivery and PNC. …”
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Uncovering women's healthcare access challenges in low- and middle-income countries using mixed effects modelling approach: Insights for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals... by Bewuketu Terefe, Belayneh Shetie Workneh, Gebreeyesus Abera Zeleke, Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Agazhe Aemro, Berhan Tekeba, Tadesse Tarik Tamir, Mulugeta Wassie, Mohammed Seid Ali

“…Sociodemographic factors such as age, education, marital status, wealth, media exposure, and health insurance are associated with lower odds of experiencing healthcare access issues. …”
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What Factors Influence Patient Measures of Safety Among Adults? by Kim Y, Nam E

“…Yujeong Kim,1 Eunhee Nam1,2 1College of Nursing, Research Institute of Nursing Innovation, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea; 2Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Wonju, South KoreaCorrespondence: Eunhee Nam, Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Review and Assessment Research Department, 60, Hyeoksin-ro, Wonju-si, Gangwon State, Republic of Korea, 26465, Tel +082-33-739-0941, Fax +082-33-811-7433, Email dmsgml7278@naver.comPurpose: This study aimed to examine the level of patient measures of safety and identify the influencing factors of patient measures of safety among Korean.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. …”
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Factors affecting women's access to primary care in the United States since the Affordable Care Act: A mixed-methods systematic review. by Allison Gilchrist, Gunasekara Vidana Mestrige Chamath Fernando, Paula Holland, Faraz Ahmed

“…<h4>Background</h4>In the United States, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded public and private health coverage, increased health insurance affordability, reduced healthcare costs, and improved healthcare quality for many. …”
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Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh: Activities, Challenges, and Suggestions by Taufique Joarder, Tahrim Z. Chaudhury, Ishtiaq Mannan

“…., a health-financing strategy and staged recommendations for pooling of funds to create a national health insurance scheme and expand financial protection for health. …”
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The socioeconomic impact of kidney disease on African families: a scoping review by Ikponmwosa Jude Ogieuhi, Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori, Victor Oluwatomiwa Ajekiigbe, Komolafe Babajide Ayodeji, Adetola Emmanuel Babalola, Ifeanyichukwu Muogbo, Alabi Badrudeen Olalekan, Aarushi Venkatraman, Oluwaseun Oyewo

“…The review found that consumers spend a significant amount of money on clinic appointments, hospital admissions, prescriptions, and kidney replacement treatments, such as hemodialysis. The lack of health insurance coverage across the African region pushes many families deeper into poverty. …”
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Pemodelan Simulasi Sistem Dinamik untuk Meningkatkan Jumlah Pendapatan Unit Rawat Inap Rumah Sakit Islam Surabaya A.Yani by Anwar Romadhon, Erma Suryani

“…Indonesian government policy that requires hospitals to work closely with the National Health Insurance (JKN) in order to equalize health services affects the amount of revenue. …”
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La médicalisation des problématiques suicidaires : l’exemple d’un service d’urgence psychiatrique by Michela Canevascini

“…Although caregivers appear to be critical of the risks of medicalization, institutional constraints, health insurance, as well as disciplinary rationales play an important role in medicalization of suicidality.…”
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Keep thinking about unanswered questions in primary care: Cultivating negative capability by Daisuke Son, Kazuoki Inoue, Minako Kamimoto, Shin‐ichi Taniguchi

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Disparities in time to treatment initiation of invasive lung cancer among Black and White patients in Tennessee. by Lohuwa Mamudu, Saanie Sulley, Paul H Atandoh, Joanne L Reyes, Raquibul A K M Bashar, Martin Whiteside, Archana J McEligot, Hadii M Mamudu, Faustine Williams

“…In the general sample, patients with private health insurance had (aHR = 1.08; 95% CI = 1.01-1.16) higher risk of late treatment beyond 2.7 weeks compared to self-pay/uninsured patients. …”
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Correlates of maternal health services utilization among adolescent mothers in Ghana: analysis of Ghana maternal health survey 2017 by Anita Anima Daniels, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Obed Ernest A. Nettey

“…Utilization of the maternal health services was determined by predisposing factors such as age and parity as well as enabling factors including health insurance coverage, permission for treatment and wealth index.…”
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Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers to skin cancer screening in the United Arab Emirates. by Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Karem H Alzoubi, Mariam Al Mohammad, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Yazid N Al Hamarneh, Tareq Mukattash, Maher Khdour

“…Older age (OR = 0.985, 95%CI: 0.971-0.998) and lack of health insurance (OR = 0.478, 95%CI: 0.301-0.758) were associated with lower screening practices. …”
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Proportion of Ophthalmic Self-Medication and Associated Factors among Adult Ophthalmic Patients Attending Borumeda Hospital, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia by Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, Zemed Guchma Woldetsadik, Haile Woretaw Alemu

“…The policymakers and regulatory body better to scale-up health insurance coverage, nearby accessible eye care services, improve knowledge of patients regarding the effect of ophthalmic self-medication, and proper disposal of leftover eye medication from the house. …”
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Multimodal treatments and the risk of breast cancer-related lymphedema: insights from a nationally representative cohort in South Korea by Sung Hoon Jeong, Seong Min Chun, Miji Kim, Ye Seol Lee, Jisun Kim, Ja-Ho Leigh, Yoon-Hee Choi

“…Methods In this retrospective study conducted using National Health Insurance data and the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database (2006–2017), 114,638 participants who underwent Surgery (Surg) or Chemo within 6 months after breast cancer diagnosis were enrolled, and the effect of multimodality treatment on the risk of BCRL was analyzed using the Cox proportional-hazards model. …”
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The impact of insurance type on listing status and wait‐list mortality of patients with left ventricular assist devices as bridge to transplantation by Alexandros Briasoulis, Emmanuel Akintoye, Chakradhari Inampudi, Aziz Hammoud, Paulino Alvarez

“…Abstract Aims Adequate health insurance coverage is necessary for heart transplantation (HT) candidates. …”
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Compensation Packages and Employees’ Job Performance: A Case Study of National Population Council, Uganda by Raymond, Asiimwe

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Is the Financing of German Health and Long-Term Care Insurance Sustainable? by Friedrich Breyer, Normann Lorenz

“…Abstract Based on a recent non-parametric estimation of the relationship between age, lifespan and health and long-term care expenditures in German social health insurance, we present a simulation of the future development of contribution rates in the two branches of the German social security system. …”
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Arteriovenous Malformation in the Auricle in a 59-Year-Old Woman by Junhui Jeong

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Learning and elucidating the uncertainty in primary care by mapping uncertainty in medicine by Yuma Ohtsuka, Kazuoki Inoue, Daisuke Son, Shinichi Taniguchi

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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Facial Palsy in Patients with Vestibular Schwannoma Based on the Population Data of Korea by Junhui Jeong, Yun-Hee Lee, Subin Kim, Seung Hwa Kim, Ki-Hong Chang

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