Biomaterial Database

When employees can't afford health insurance: the self-funding approach. 1997

A M Higham

Fleishman Hillard, Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA.

As job opportunities for home care workers increase--particularly for aides--providers need to offer attractive benefits packages to reduce staff turnover. Through self-funded health benefits plans, home care organizations can offer more affordable coverage for their employees.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010561	Personnel Staffing and Scheduling	The selection, appointing, and scheduling of personnel.	Staffing and Scheduling,Personnel Staffing,Work Schedule,Schedule, Work,Scheduling and Staffing,Staffing, Personnel,Work Schedules
D005376	Financial Management	The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.	Endowments,Financial Activities,Funds,Activities, Financial,Activity, Financial,Endowment,Financial Activity,Fund,Management, Financial
D006264	Health Benefit Plans, Employee	Health insurance plans for employees, and generally including their dependents, usually on a cost-sharing basis with the employer paying a percentage of the premium.	CHAMPUS,Employee Health Benefit Plans
D006699	Home Care Services	Community health and NURSING SERVICES providing coordinated multiple services to the patient at the patient's homes. These home-care services are provided by a visiting nurse, home health agencies, HOSPITALS, or organized community groups using professional staff for care delivery. It differs from HOME NURSING which is provided by non-professionals.	Domiciliary Care,Home Health Care,Care Services, Home,Home Care,Services, Home Care,Care, Domiciliary,Care, Home,Home Care Service,Service, Home Care
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000078329	Workforce	The number of people working or available for work or service.	Human Resources,Labor Supply,Manpower,Staffing,Womanpower,Human Resource,Labor Supplies,Manpowers,Staffings,Supply, Labor,Womanpowers,Workforces
D014589	Utah	State bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, on the east by Wyoming and Colorado, on the south by Arizona, and on the west by Nevada.
D018576	Home Health Aides	Persons who assist ill, elderly, or disabled persons in the home, carrying out personal care and housekeeping tasks. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms. 2d ed, p202)	Home Care Aides,Homemaker-Home Health Aides,Aide, Home Care,Aide, Home Health,Aide, Homemaker-Home Health,Aides, Home Care,Aides, Home Health,Aides, Homemaker-Home Health,Care Aide, Home,Care Aides, Home,Health Aide, Home,Health Aide, Homemaker-Home,Health Aides, Home,Health Aides, Homemaker-Home,Home Care Aide,Home Health Aide,Homemaker Home Health Aides,Homemaker-Home Health Aide
D019458	Insurance Coverage	Generally refers to the amount of protection available and the kind of loss which would be paid for under an insurance contract with an insurer. (Slee & Slee, Health Care Terms, 2d ed)	Insurance Status,Coverage, Insurance,Status, Insurance