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Karim Mahmoud
Professor Griffin
English 1102
10 March 2014
Health Insurance Research: An Annotated Bibliography
Becker, Harry. The Publics Stake in Health Insurance. Nursing Outlook 60.5 (2012):
305308. ScienceDirect. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
This is an old article from the 1950s that summarizes the problems with health
insurance and what hurdles need to be crossed to improve it.
This article is not current but is very powerful because it reflects the same
arguments that we have today as we did 50 years ago. It is not peer reviewed and the facts are
not well documented. However, Harry J. Becker was Professor of Community Medicine at
Albert Einstein Medical College and Professor at the New School for Social Research. He has
published many other peer reviewed articles on health insurance and is therefore a reliable source
to provide thoughts on the subject.
This article fits into my research because many of the questions that Harry raises
are the same questions that we did not answer 50 years ago. This calls into question the viability
of the health insurance system we have today.
Muennig, Peter, Peter Franks, and Marthe Gold. The Cost Effectiveness of Health
Insurance. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28.1 (2005): 5964. ScienceDirect. Web.
12 Sept. 2013.
This article estimates the value of providing health insurance to those uninsured.
The authors found an incremental cost effectiveness that increases as one ages.
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This is a reliable and current source because it is peer reviewed and published in
the last 10 years. All facts are well documented with extensive references. The authors are all
physicians with extensive experience in health care. Because it is peer reviewed, it is a scholarly
source.
This article fits into my research because it will provide evidence that health
insurance, which provides access to care and more importantly preventative care, is cost
effective.
Hadley, Jack. Sicker and PoorerThe Consequences of Being Uninsured: A Review of
the Research on the Relationship Between Health Insurance, Medical Care Use, Health, Work,
and Income. Medical Care Research and Review 60.2 suppl (2003): 3S75S.
mcr.sagepub.com.librarylink.uncc.edu. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
This article shows that those without health insurance receives fewer preventative
care. Therefore, they tend to be more sicker when diagnosed and receive less care. By improving
their health, it would increase their productivity in society and fiscal earnings.
This article is reliable because it is peer reviewed and published in a well known
paper. The research is objective with data that was analyzed included in paper. The author, Dr.
Hadley, is the Principal Research Associate at the Urban Institute in Washington DC.
This article fits into my research because it provides evidence that those without
health insurance will end up costing society more due to increased costs of providing them care
when they are sicker and loss of income due to decreased productivity and fiscal earnings.
Long, Sarah S. Underinsurance of Children Is Common and Effects Their Access to
Care and Their Health. The Journal of Pediatrics 162.2 (2013): 220. ScienceDirect. Web. 12
Sept. 2013.
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This article is profound because the authors found that uninsured children were 2
times more likely to have private health insurance than public insurance. This suggests that high
out of pocket costs in the US may lead to unaffordable recommended care for many children.
The article is peer reviewed and published in a well known paper. It is current
because it was published this year. The facts are well documented. The author is a physician and
therefore is qualified in this subject.
This article can fit into my paper because it reflects that just having health
insurance is not enough. The insurance needs to pay for services that are recommended in order
to improve health of the patients.
Arroyave, Ivan et al. The Impact of Increasing Health Insurance Coverage on Disparities
in Mortality: Health Care Reform in Colombia, 1998-2007. American Journal of Public Health
103.3 (2013): e100e106. Print.
This article shows that after Health care reform was introduced, the mortality
disparities decreased significantly. This provides evidence that a National Health insurance
program is effective in providing care in minority groups and decreasing disparities.
The article is reliable and current because it was published this year in a peer
reviewed journal. The authors have PhDs and published other articles in this area. The facts are
well documented throughout the article with multiple references.
This article fits into my paper because it provides evidence that National Health
care reform will provide care to the uninsured and reduce their mortality.
Lee, Yue-Chune et al. The Impact of Universal National Health Insurance on Population
Health: The Experience of Taiwan. BMC Health Services Research 10.1 (2010): 225.
www.biomedcentral.com. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
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This article discusses the changes in mortality after their National Health
Insurance program was implemented. As a result, 98% of Taiwans population has almost free
access to healthcare. Although access was improved, the authors sought to find if the populations
health improved. They found that reversible causes of death declined significantly after
implementation of the program with the highest changes in groups that were least likely to have
health insurance, the young and old.
This article is reliable and current. It is published in a peer reviewed article with
authors who have a PhD and done previous research in the topic. The facts are well documented
throughout the paper and can be subjected to review.
This article is useful in that it provided a real world example of an industrialized
nation adopting a public health insurance policy. It led to decreased healthcare costs and
improvements of health for the population.
McMaster, Robert. Mainstream Health Economics and Dignity: The Commodity
Narrative as a Debilitating Solecism? American Journal of Economics and Sociology 72.1
(2013): 131. Wiley Online Library. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
Article discusses the objectification of healthcare due to privatization which is not
consistent with current moral thought processes.
Nadash, Pamela, and Yao-Chi Shih. Introducing Social Insurance for Long-term Care in
Taiwan: Key Issues. International Journal of Social Welfare 22.1 (2013): 6979.
Discusses the key issues in implemented a social insurance for long-term care.
Keng, Shao-Hsun, and Sheng-Jang Sheu. The Effect of National Health Insurance on
Mortality and the SesHealth Gradient: Evidence from the Elderly in Taiwan. Health
Economics 22.1 (2013): 5272. Wiley Online Library. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
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Discusses the improvement in mortality and health gradient after implementation of
national health insurance.
McGovern, Kate. Lessons from the Snowy Slope: Vision and Politics in American
Social Insurance. American Journal of Economics and Sociology 72.1 (2013): 5989. Wiley
Online Library. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.
Discusses the history of the positions and perspectives on American social
insurance that may explain the stigma towards a Universal Healthcare system.