Researchers from University of Quebec TELUQ University Report Recent Findings in Applied Psychology (People’s Positions Regarding Social Security’s Health Insurance Programs: the Case of Romania): Psychology – Applied Psychology

2021 DEC 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Psychology - Applied Psychology. According to news originating from Montreal, Canada, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “- In Romania, the passage from a culture in which healthcare were freely available to a culture in which people must contribute financially, at least in part, has generated controversies among the population. We examined and mapped the views of people living in Romania regarding social security’s health insurance programs.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Quebec TELUQ University, “- A convenience sample of 271 adults aged 18-80 who lived in big cities in Romania or in the rural areas around these cities were presented with realistic vignettes that depicted a health insurance program and asked to rate its goodness. The vignettes were created by combining orthogonally the levels of five factors: amount of employers’ contribution to the program, amount of workers’ contribution, extent of coverage of ordinary medical and dental care, extent of coverage of chronic or severe illness, and identity of health insurance recipients. - Five qualitatively different positions were found. They were called Private insurance (8%), Health insurance only for contributors (14%), Health insurance for contributors and for everyone with severe or chronic illness (12%), Health insurance for everyone (29%), and Any insurance program is better than nothing (37%).”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “- Overall, most participants (78%) favored a health insurance program that would protect all citizens in case of severe or chronic illness or injury, and 66% favored the protection of all citizens in all cases.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: People’s Positions Regarding Social Security’s Health Insurance Programs: the Case of Romania. European Review of Applied Psychology, 2021;71(5). European Review of Applied Psychology can be contacted at: Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier, 65 Rue Camille Desmoulins, CS50083, 92442 Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Lonzozou Kpanake, University of Quebec TELUQ University, 5800 Rue St Denis, Bur 1105, Montreal, Pq H2S 3L5, Canada. Additional authors for this research include Daniela Iulia Teodorescu, Maria Teresa Munoz Sastre, Paul Clay Sorum and Etienne Mullet.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2021.100716. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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