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Who benefits from free health insurance : evidence from Mexico
Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2017
-contributory health insurance program in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP). SP provided access to health services without co-pays to …
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Health insurance and child health : evidence from Mexico
Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2016
Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520990
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Health Insurance and Child Health : Evidence from Mexico
Conti, Gabriella - 2016
Mexico. The Seguro Popular (SP) was rolled out in 2002-2010 across municipalities, providing exogenous variation in access to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985279
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The value of health insurance during a crisis : effects of Medicaid implementation on pandemic influenza mortality
Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R.; Wang, Xiao - 2020
This paper studies how better access to public health insurance affects infant mortality during pandemics. Our analysis combines cross-state variation in mandated eligibility for Medicaid with two influenza pandemics - the 1957-58 "Asian Flu" pandemic and the 1968-69 "Hong Kong Flu" - that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210395
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The Value of Health Insurance During a Crisis : Effects of Medicaid Implementation on Pandemic Influenza Mortality
Clay, Karen - 2020
This paper studies how better access to public health insurance affects infant mortality during pandemics. Our analysis combines cross-state variation in mandated eligibility for Medicaid with two influenza pandemics — the 1957-58 "Asian Flu" pandemic and the 1968-69 "Hong Kong Flu" — that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835240
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Health insurance coverage and health care utilization : evidence from the affordable care
Yörük, Barış K. - 2016
This paper investigates the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) dependent coverage mandate on health insurance coverage rates and health care utilization among young adults. Using data from the Medical Panel Expenditure Survey, I exploit the discontinuity in health insurance coverage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587512
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The role of public health insurance in protecting against the costs of ill health : evidence from Mexico
Sáenz de Miera Juárez, Belén - 2017
In the absence of health insurance, households have to self-insure against the risk of ill health, which may involve the use of mechanisms that have long-term consequences. This study analyses whether Mexican households are able to smooth consumption after severe health shocks, as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588877
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Does access to free health insurance crowd-out private transfers? : evidence from Mexico’s Seguro Popular
Orraca-Romano, Pedro P. - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 24 (2015), pp. 1-34
uninsured households, crowded-out private transfers in Mexico. Using data from the National Household Income and Expenditure … sequential roll-out throughout Mexico. The results show that Seguro Popular reduced on average a household’s probability of …’s effects are only statistically significant for private transfers originating within Mexico. In addition, Seguro Popular had a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885538
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Does access to health insurance reduce the risk of miscarriages? : evidence from Mexico’s Seguro popular
Pfutze, Tobias - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 24 (2015), pp. 1-10
This paper analyzes whether Mexico’s de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular had an effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011885539
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The effects of access to health insurance for informally employed individuals in Peru
Bernal, Noelia; Carpio, Miguel A.; Klein, Tobias J. - 2014
Many developing countries have recently increased health insurance coverage at a large scale. While it is commonly believed that this has positive effects, to date, it is not well understood through which channels health insurance coverage contributes to the well-being of individuals. More...
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