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The Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua

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dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Anne
dc.contributor.authorThornton, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-17T22:54:24Z
dc.date.available2017-07-17T22:54:24Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8115
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27613
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8115
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectSPILLOVERS
dc.subjectCOMPLEMENTARITIES
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.titleThe Effects of Health Insurance within Familiesen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Nicaraguaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35431 Journal article
okr.crossref.titleThe Effects of Health Insurance within Families: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
okr.date.disclosure2017-06-26
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua
okr.guid492551498484598240
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8115
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084d24f76_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27675457
okr.identifier.reportWPS8115
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/pdf/WPS8115.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryNicaragua
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okr.statistics.dr492551498484598240
okr.statistics.drstats1004
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Insurance
okr.unitOperations and Strategy Team, Development Economics
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