The Effects of Health Insurance within Families

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorFitzpatrick, Anne
dc.creatorThornton, Rebecca
dc.date2017-07-17T22:54:24Z
dc.date2017-07-17T22:54:24Z
dc.date2017-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:46:19Z
dc.descriptionThis paper measures the causal effects of parent enrollment into voluntary health insurance on healthcare utilization among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized trial and age-eligibility cut-off in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children ages 12 and older were not eligible for coverage. Among eligible children, the insurance increased utilization at covered providers by 0.56 visits and increased overall utilization by 1.3 visits. Ineligible children with insured parents experienced 1.7 fewer healthcare visits, driven by parent, not sibling enrollment. The results suggest complementarities across healthcare provider type, and provide evidence that households reallocate resources across all members, in response to changes in healthcare prices for some.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.formattext/plain
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27613
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-8115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410743
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8115
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectSPILLOVERS
dc.subjectCOMPLEMENTARITIES
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.titleThe Effects of Health Insurance within Families
dc.titleExperimental Evidence from Nicaragua
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

Archivos

Colecciones

AgroKnow