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Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, 12 Science Drive 2, 117549, Singapore, Singapore.
Background: Among older adults, living alone is often associated with higher risk of Emergency Department (ED) admissions. However, older adults living alone are very heterogeneous in terms of health. As more older adults choose to live independently, it remains unclear if the association between living alone and ED admissions is moderated by health status.
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Response to Letters to the Editors: 1. More details on the database used by the study should be provided. 2. Mediclaim Hospital Discharge System and income levels of cohort.
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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address:
In India, indemnity health insurance started about 3 decades ago. Mediclaim was the most popular product. Indian insurers and multinational companies have not been enthusiastic about starting health insurance in spite of the availability of a good market because health insurers have historically incurred losses.
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Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
There is an increasing inclination among multinational agencies--including the World Bank, World Health Organization and International Labour Organization--to advocate community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes as part of a comprehensive solution to improving access for healthcare services in India. This paper reviews the experience of Indian CBHI schemes, their impact on health system goals, such as access to hospitalization and protection from indebtedness, and the factors--particularly scheme design and management--that may contribute to success. The CBHI schemes in India are extremely diverse in terms of their designs, sizes and target populations.
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