Ruth Koren

Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine

PhD

Ramat Aviv

Tel-Aviv, 6997801

Israel

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Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance Among Rural and Poor Persons: Field Evidence from Seven Micro Health Insurance Units in India

Health Policy, Vol. 82, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Sep 2007
David M. Dror, Ralf Radermacher and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Micro Insurance Academy e.V. and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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micro health insurance, social insurance, insurance for the poor, community based health insurance, health financing, willingness-to-pay

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Cost of Illness: Evidence from a Study in Five Resource-Poor Locations in India

Indian Journal for Medical Research (New Delhi), Vol. 127, pp. 343-357, April 2008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2008
David M. Dror, Olga van Putten-Rademaker and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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India, cost of illness, health expenditures, direct health expenditures, indirect health expenditures, rural population

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Health Insurance Benefit Packages Prioritized by Low-Income Clients in India: Three Criteria to Estimate Effectiveness of Choice

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Sep 2007
David M. Dror, Ruth Koren, Alexander Ost, Erika Binnendijk, Sukumar Vellakkal and Marion Danis
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), IIT Kanpur and Head Section on Ethics and Health Policy
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micro health insurance, social insurance, insurance for the poor, community based health insurance, health financing

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Eliciting Health Insurance Benefit Choices of Low Income Groups

Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai), Vol. 42, No. 32, pp. 3331-3339, August 11-17, 2007
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 01 May 2008
Marion Danis, Erika Binnendijk, Sukumar Vellakkal, Alexander Ost, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
Head Section on Ethics and Health Policy, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), IIT Kanpur, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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micro health insurance, social insurance, insurance for the poor, community based health insurance, health financing

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Field Based Evidence of Enhanced Healthcare Utilization Among Persons Insured by Micro Health Insurance Units in Philippines

Health Policy, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2005
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
David M. Dror, Elmer S. Soriano, M.E. Lorenzo, J.N. Sarol, R.S. Azcuna and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Institute of Public Health Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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Healthcare utilization, Community financing, Micro health insurance (MIUs), Insurance/health, Voluntary, Health services accessibility

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Microinsurance: Innovations in Low-Cost Health Insurance

Health Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1788-1798, 2009
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Apr 2010
David M. Dror, Ralf Radermacher, Shrikant B. Khadilkar, Petra Schout, François-Xavier Hay, Arbind Singh and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Micro Insurance Academy e.V., BAIF Development Research Foundation, affiliation not provided to SSRN, MACIF-Mutavie, NIDAN and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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Microinsurance, India, Health Insurance, Low-Income Populations

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Incidence of Illness Among Resource-Poor Households: Evidence From Five Locations in India

Indian Journal for Medical Research (New Delhi), Vol. 130, pp. 146-154, August 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2009
David M. Dror, Olga van Putten-Rademaker and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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India; incidence of illness; low-income population; self-reported medical information

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The Impact of Filipino Micro Health Insurance Units on Income-Related Equality of Access to Healthcare

Health Policy, Vol. 77, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
David M. Dror, Ruth Koren and D.M. Steinberg
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Tel Aviv University - Department of Statistics and Operations Research
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Cross-Sectional Studies, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Insurance, Health, Utilization, Philippines, Socioeconomic Factors

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The Elusive Quest for Estimates of Willingness to Pay for Health Microinsurance

Protecting the Poor: A Microinsurance Compendium. Vol II. Edited by C. Churchill and M. Matul. Geneva, ILO, 2012. Chapter 7. pp: 156-173
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Sep 2012
David M. Dror and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA) and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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microinsurance, health insurance, contingent valuation, willingness to pay for health insurance

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Estimating Willingness-to-Pay for Health Insurance Among Rural Poor in India By Reference to Engel's Law

Social Science & Medicine 76 (2013) pp. 67-73
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Jan 2013
Erika Binnendijk, David M. Dror, Eric Gerelle and Ruth Koren
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), IBEX Project Services and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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'First We Go to the Small Doctor': First Contact for Curative Health Care Sought by Rural Communities in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Vol. 134, No. 11, pp. 627-663, November 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Meenakshi Gautham, Erika Binnendijk, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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First healthcare contact, primary curative healthcare, informal, health seeking, non-degree allopathic providers, rural, traditional healers

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Can the Rural Poor in India Afford to Treat Non-Communicable Diseases?

Tropical Medicine and International Health; September 4, 2012, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03070.x
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Erika Binnendijk, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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India, non-communicable diseases, health financing, rural, low-income population

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Hardship Financing of Healthcare Among Rural Poor in Orissa, India

BioMed Central Health Services Research, Vol. 12, p. 23, 2012
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Mar 2012
Erika Binnendijk, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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India. hardship financing, catastrophic healthcare costs, access to healthcare

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Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance Among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal

The Geneva Papers 2014, 39, (280–303)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 19 May 2014
David M. Dror, Atanu Majumdar, Pradeep Panda, Denny John and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Micro Insurance Academy, International Institute of Health Management Research, Micro Insurance Academy and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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Nepal; micro health insurance; community-based health scheme; benefit-package design; health insurance performance indicators; microinsurance implementation process

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A Model to Estimate the Impact of Thresholds and Caps on Coverage Levels in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Low-Income Countries

Health, 6, 822-835, 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Mar 2014
Erika Binnendijk, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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Distributions, Healthcare Costs, Community-Based Health Insurance, Micro Health Insurance, Thresholds, Caps

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Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance in Rural India on Self-Medication & Financial Protection of the Insured

Dror, D.M., Chakrarborty, A., Majumdar, A., Panda, P. and Koren, R. (2016) ‘Impact of community-based health insurance in rural India on self-medication & financial protection of the insured’, Indian Journal of Medical Research, 143(6), pp. 809–820. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.192075.
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Oct 2016
David M. Dror, Arpita Chakraborty, Atanu Majumdar, Pradeep Panda and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Oxford Policy Management India Pvt. Ltd, Micro Insurance Academy, International Institute of Health Management Research and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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community-based health insurance, financial protection, hardship financing, rural India, self-medication

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'One for All and All for One': Consensus-Building within Communities in Rural India on Their Health Microinsurance Package

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, August 2014 Volume 2014:7 Pages 139-153 DOI 10.2147/RMHP.S66011
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Aug 2014
David M. Dror, Pradeep Panda, Christina May, Atanu Majumdar and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), International Institute of Health Management Research, University of Cologne, Micro Insurance Academy and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine
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benefit-package design, micro health insurance, community-based health insurance, CBHI

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Illness Mapping: A Time and Cost Effective Method to Estimate Healthcare Data Needed to Establish Community-Based Health Insurance

BMC Medical Research Methodology 2012, 12:153 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-12-153 Published: 9 October 2012
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Oct 2012
Erika Binnendijk, Meenakshi Gautham, Ruth Koren and David M. Dror
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Micro Insurance Academy (MIA)
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Involving the Rural Poor in Rajasthan in Health Insurance Benefit Package Design

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Posted: 17 Jun 2007
David M. Dror, Erika Binnendijk, Prahlad Sodani, Marion Danis and Ruth Koren
Micro Insurance Academy (MIA), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Head Section on Ethics and Health Policy and Tel Aviv University - Professor Sackler Faculty of Medicine

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