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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.accessioned2021-04-13T14:33:50Z
dc.date.available2021-04-13T14:33:50Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
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 cutoff in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children age 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.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/35431
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35431
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.subjectSPILLOVER
dc.subjectCOMPLEMENTARITY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.titleThe Effects of Health Insurance within Familiesen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Nicaraguaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/27613 Working paper version (pre-print)en
okr.date.disclosure2021-04-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:16:07.687956Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhx012
okr.journal.nbpages736-49
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryNicaragua
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Insurance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Project Design and Implementation
okr.volume33(3)
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