Jain, ShwetaAngel-Urdinola, Diego F.2012-06-262012-06-262006-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9277This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia, increases utilization and affordability of outpatient health care among the poor. The authors find that beneficiaries of the BBP pay approximately 45 percent less in fees for doctor visits (and display 36 percent higher outpatient utilization rates) than eligible users not receiving the BBP. However, even among BBP beneficiaries the level of outpatient health care utilization remains low. This occurs because the program mainly provides discounted fees for doctor visits, but fees do not constitute the main financial constraint for users. The authors estimate suggest that other non-fee expenditures, such as prescription medicines, constitute a more significant financial constraint and are not subsidized by the BBP. As a result, outpatient health care remains expensive even for BBP beneficiaries.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOARTICLEBENEFICIARIESCAPACITY CONSTRAINTSCOST OF TREATMENTCOSTS OF TREATMENTDEMAND FOR HEALTHDEMAND FOR HEALTH CAREDENTAL SERVICESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISABILITYDISEASESDOCTORSEARTHQUAKEECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATIONEMERGENCY TREATMENTEQUITY IN ACCESSETHICAL CONSIDERATIONSEXPENDITURE OUTCOMESEXPENDITURESEXPENDITURES ON HEALTHFAMILIESFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSFINANCIAL BURDENFINANCIAL CONSTRAINTHEALTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE UTILIZATIONHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROGRAMHEALTH PROGRAMSHEALTH SERVICEHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMSHOME VISITSHOSPITALHOSPITAL SERVICESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOME COEFFICIENTINFORMAL CAREINFORMAL PAYMENTSINPATIENT CAREINTERNATIONAL POLICYLABOR FORCELIMITED RESOURCESMALARIAMARKET PRICESMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDICINESMIGRATIONMORBIDITYMORTALITYNURSESOUTPATIENT CAREOUTPATIENT SERVICESPATIENTPATIENTSPENSIONSPHYSICIANSPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION CENSUSPOPULATION STRUCTUREPOSTNATAL CAREPRACTITIONERSPREGNANT WOMENPRESCRIPTION DRUGSPRESCRIPTION MEDICINESPRICE ELASTICITYPROBABILITYPROGRESSPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH CAREPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF HEALTH CARERURAL AREASSCHOOL FEESSECTOR PROGRAMSSEXSHARE OF HEALTH EXPENDITURESINGLE MOTHERSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSTATE TREASURYSTDSSURGERYTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNEMPLOYMENTUNIFORMSUSER FEESVULNERABLE GROUPSWARWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4017