Health Insurance and Preventive Effort among Diabetic Patients: The Colombian Experience
This paper evaluates effects of health insurance on preventive efforts among diabetics in Colombia. Type 2 diabetes patients show low compliance with preventive measures. Economic theory suggests that insurance reduces self-protection by reducing curative care costs. On the supply side, if insurers cannot keep some gains from preventive services due to patient turnover, they will devote less effort to managing the condition properly. The authors find no evidence that insurance reduces self-protection among patients in the contributory system, while evidence is less clear in the subsidized system. These findings have important policy implications given rising diabetes treatment costs in Colombia.
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2010-12
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Authors: | Trujillo, Antonio J. ; Ortiz, Andres Ignacio Vecino ; Gómez, Fernando Ruiz ; Steinhardt, Laura C. |
Institutions: | Inter-American Development Bank |
Subject: | Diseases | Health Care |
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