Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania

How do conditional cash transfers impact health-related outcomes? This paper examines the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania and finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years -- due to more visits by th...

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Main Authors:	Evans, David K., Holtemeyer, Brian, Kosec, Katrina
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	cash transfers health government policy health insurance
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/535371478531675550/Cash-transfers-and-health-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25682

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spelling	okr-10986-256822021-06-14T10:14:58Z Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina cash transfers health government policy health insurance How do conditional cash transfers impact health-related outcomes? This paper examines the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania and finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years -- due to more visits by those already complying with program health conditions and by non-compliers -- disappeared after 2.5 years, largely due to compliers reducing above-minimal visits. The study finds significant increases in take-up of health insurance and the likelihood of seeking treatment when ill. Health improvements were concentrated among children ages 0–5 years rather than the elderly, and took time to materialize; the study finds no improvements after 1.5 years, but 0.76 fewer sick days per month after 2.5 years, suggesting the importance of looking beyond short-term impacts. Reductions in sick days were largest in villages with more baseline health workers per capita, consistent with improvements being sensitive to capacity constraints. These results are robust to adjustments for multiple hypothesis testing. 2016-12-05T23:35:38Z 2016-12-05T23:35:38Z 2016-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/535371478531675550/Cash-transfers-and-health-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25682 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7882 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania
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description	How do conditional cash transfers impact health-related outcomes? This paper examines the 2010 randomized introduction of a program in Tanzania and finds nuanced impacts. An initial surge in clinic visits after 1.5 years -- due to more visits by those already complying with program health conditions and by non-compliers -- disappeared after 2.5 years, largely due to compliers reducing above-minimal visits. The study finds significant increases in take-up of health insurance and the likelihood of seeking treatment when ill. Health improvements were concentrated among children ages 0–5 years rather than the elderly, and took time to materialize; the study finds no improvements after 1.5 years, but 0.76 fewer sick days per month after 2.5 years, suggesting the importance of looking beyond short-term impacts. Reductions in sick days were largest in villages with more baseline health workers per capita, consistent with improvements being sensitive to capacity constraints. These results are robust to adjustments for multiple hypothesis testing.
format	Working Paper
author	Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina
author_facet	Evans, David K. Holtemeyer, Brian Kosec, Katrina
author_sort	Evans, David K.
title	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_short	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_fullStr	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed	Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania
title_sort	cash transfers and health : evidence from tanzania
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/535371478531675550/Cash-transfers-and-health-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25682
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Cash Transfers and Health : Evidence from Tanzania

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