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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Community rating"”.
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An empirical examination of risk equalisation in a regulated community rated health insurance market
… insurance. The market operates on the basis of community rating, open enrolment and lifetime cover. A set of minimum benefits also exists, and two risk equalisation schemes have been put in place but neither was implemented. These schemes have proved highly controversial. To date, the debate has …
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Urban facilities management as a systemic process to achieve urban sustainability in South Africa
… to promote sustainable urban development at a community/precinct level. One potential approach is via the application of sustainable community assessment/rating tools which have seen increased popularity amongst urban planners and developers over the past decade. This study investigates the …
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Essays on information and insurance markets
… chapter to explore the impact of an adjusted community rating policy that would force insurance companies to only price based on age. My results suggest such a policy would completely unravel the LTC insurance market. Not only would welfare not be improved for those who are currently rejected, …
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Regulation of public health insurance
… individual-specific risk. In contrast to the community rating of the statutory insurance system, enrollees of the private plans face full underwriting and may be rejected by the insurers. I empirically assess to what extent the selection of "good risks" dominates the interaction between the …
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Essays on the Economics of Insurance and Healthcare Markets
… merged with insurer-specific quality ratings distributed by independent organizations. We find a zero correlation between ex post accident risk and insurance coverage, reflecting advantageous selection in policy choice offset by moral hazard. Advantageous selection is partly …
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Job Satisfaction and Anticipated Turnover Among Rural Nurses
… and area of work, 2) job satisfaction and community rating as a place to worship, 3) job satisfaction and non-nursing employment in the recent past, 4) anticipated turnover and financial status, and 5) anticipated turnover and seeking other employment.<br> The study's negative correlation …