Cobertura de planos privados de saúde e doenças crônicas: notas sobre utilização de procedimentos de alto custo

Abstract

Abstract

Idosos com e sem plano de saúde e características socioepidemiológicas associadas

“…Moreover, there is a difference in age groups: those with health plans make up a more elderly population. 3,4 Research has shown that women evaluate their own health more negatively, though the variables with greater explanatory power are related to factors such as the presence of chronic illness, social determinants or levels of diffi culty in carrying out everyday tasks. 5,17 Waiting times increased for those with private health insurance who used public services for expensive procedures, such as those requiring a hospital stay.…”

Modelos de atenção à saúde do idoso: repensando o sentido da prevenção

“…No entanto, quando se observa a prática, vê-se que, apesar do discurso hegemônico da prevenção, existe uma ênfase nos serviços assistenciais tradicionais (BAHIA et al, 2004). 2 O risco das "verdades absolutas" É importante não ignorar que os indivíduos vivem em sociedade.…”

Adverse selection in the health insurance market: some empirical evidence

“…The probit model is well established and assumes that the probability of a given binary variable conditional on observable explanatory variables evolves in accordance to a cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution. 2 In generic terms, the empirical model is defined in terms of a pair of equations for contract coverage and hospitalization (as indicating an actual occurrence of an illness) that can be described as follows:…”