Miller, G;
Pinto, D;
Vera Hernandez, M;
Risk protection, service use, and health outcomes under Colombia's health insurance program for the Poor.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
, Article 15456.
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Abstract
Unexpected medical care spending imposes considerable financial risk on developing country households. Based on managed care models of health insurance in wealthy countries, Colombia’s Régimen Subsidiado is a publicly financed insurance program targeted to the poor, aiming both to provide risk protection and to promote allocative efficiency in the use of medical care. Using a “fuzzy” regression discontinuity design, we find that the program has shielded the poor from some financial risk while increasing the use of traditionally under-utilized preventive services – with measurable health gains.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Risk protection, service use, and health outcomes under Colombia's health insurance program for the Poor |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.aeaweb.org/app/ |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1389216 |
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