Flood Insurance
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1. Flood insurance model based on hydrological simulation as a flood risk management tool / Modelo de seguro para riscos hidrológicos com base em simulação hidráulico-hidrológica como ferramenta de gestão do risco de inundações
Recent disasters caused by extreme hydrological events, occurred in Brazilian cities, have exposed how fragile the current policies are to manage such situation. Often, a lack of resources is observed even for emergency actions, while structural actions commonly consist of palliative and punctual measures that do not promote real solutions considering the wa
Publicado em: 2010
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2. The illegality of private health care in Canada
WE ADDRESSED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER PRIVATE HEALTH CARE IS ILLEGAL in Canada by surveying the health insurance legislation of all 10 provinces. Our survey revealed multiple layers of regulation that seem to have as their primary objective preventing the public sector from subsidizing the private sector, as opposed to rendering privately funded practice ille
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3. How do HMOs achieve savings? The effectiveness of one organization's strategies.
OBJECTIVE: To examine how a group practice used organizational strategies rather than provider-level incentives to achieve savings for health maintenance organization (HMO) compared to fee-for-service (FFS) patients. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING: A large group practice with a group model HMO also treating FFS patients. Data sources were all patient encounter r