While the beneficiaries of the contributory program (National Health Insurance) pay wage-based insurance premiums and out-of-pocket co-payments for healthcare services, the beneficiaries of the public assistance program (Medical Aid) do not pay insurance premiums and most of their co-payments are waived.
One advantage of this dataset is that it traces 186 non-contributory programs from 101 countries back in time and presents them in panel form for the period up until 2015.
Programs of this type usually provide for universal coverage; they are commonly funded as contributory insurance programs.
The HI program is a wage-based, contributory insurance program covering about 96% of the population, and the MA program is a government-subsidized public assistance program for poor and medically indigent individuals [ 6].
At MCG, "[A]ll postdocs are eligible for the same benefits as other employees, with the exception of institutional contributory retirement programs.
The HI is a wage-based, contributory insurance program covering about 97% of the population, whereas the MA is a government-subsidized, public assistance program for the poor and the medically indigent.
To investigate these and other research questions, we have developed a new dataset entitled Non-Contributory Social Transfer Programs (NSTP) in Developing Countries.
It was surprising to find in our study that a higher proportion of male students found 'duration of residency program' a contributory factor to their choice, compared to their female counterparts.
This study provided convincing evidence that access to the de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular in Mexico resulted in decreased risk of miscarriages.
This paper analyzes whether Mexico's de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular had an effect on the risk of miscarriage during pregnancy.
However, the norm is still mixed and fragmented models in which contributory and noncontributory health insurance programs coexist.
