Reports from Tehran University of Medical Sciences Describe Recent Advances in Health Insurance (Demand for Self-Employed Health Insurance)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Health Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Tehran, Iran, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Health insurance provides financial support for health care expenditures. There are two types of health insurance: compulsory and voluntary."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, "Voluntary health insurance can be divided into two categories: self-employed and supplementary. In this study, the main factors that affect the demand for self-employed health insurance in Iran were determined. In this cross-sectional study, data were derived from the 2013 Household Income and Expenditure Survey from the Statistical Center of Iran. Then, a logistic regression model was designed to determine the factors influencing health insurance demand. The age, income, and education level of the head of the household directly correlated with the demand for self-employed health insurance. There was no significant relationship between the demand for health insurance and the gender or marital status of the head of the household. In addition, there were no significant relationships between occupation or house ownership and the demand for health insurance in rural households."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "To promote voluntary health insurance, it is helpful to identify effective factors that stimulate the health insurance demand."

For more information on this research see: Demand for Self-Employed Health Insurance. The Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2016;48(3):172-176.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Emamgholipour, Dept. of Health Economics and Management, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Additional authors for this research include M. Arab and J. Ebrahimzadeh.