The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua

This paper measures the causal effects of parent enrollment into voluntary health insurance on healthcare utilization among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized trial and age-eligibility cut-off in which insu...

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Main Authors:	Fitzpatrick, Anne, Thornton, Rebecca
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	HEALTH INSURANCE SPILLOVERS COMPLEMENTARITIES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27613

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spelling	okr-10986-276132021-06-08T14:42:47Z The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca HEALTH INSURANCE SPILLOVERS COMPLEMENTARITIES RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL This paper measures the causal effects of parent enrollment into voluntary health insurance on healthcare utilization among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized trial and age-eligibility cut-off in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children ages 12 and older were not eligible for coverage. Among eligible children, the insurance increased utilization at covered providers by 0.56 visits and increased overall utilization by 1.3 visits. Ineligible children with insured parents experienced 1.7 fewer healthcare visits, driven by parent, not sibling enrollment. The results suggest complementarities across healthcare provider type, and provide evidence that households reallocate resources across all members, in response to changes in healthcare prices for some. 2017-07-17T22:54:24Z 2017-07-17T22:54:24Z 2017-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27613 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8115 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 Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua
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description	This paper measures the causal effects of parent enrollment into voluntary health insurance on healthcare utilization among insured and uninsured children in Nicaragua. The study utilizes a randomized trial and age-eligibility cut-off in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children ages 12 and older were not eligible for coverage. Among eligible children, the insurance increased utilization at covered providers by 0.56 visits and increased overall utilization by 1.3 visits. Ineligible children with insured parents experienced 1.7 fewer healthcare visits, driven by parent, not sibling enrollment. The results suggest complementarities across healthcare provider type, and provide evidence that households reallocate resources across all members, in response to changes in healthcare prices for some.
format	Working Paper
author	Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca
author_facet	Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca
author_sort	Fitzpatrick, Anne
title	The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
title_short	The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
title_full	The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
title_fullStr	The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
title_full_unstemmed	The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua
title_sort	effects of health insurance within families : experimental evidence from nicaragua
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/492551498484598240/The-effects-of-health-insurance-within-families-experimental-evidence-from-Nicaragua http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27613
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The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua

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