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 cutoff in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents th...

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Main Authors:	Fitzpatrick, Anne, Thornton, Rebecca
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	HEALTH INSURANCE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL SPILLOVER COMPLEMENTARITY CHILD HEALTH
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35431

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spelling	okr-10986-354312021-04-23T14:02:21Z The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca HEALTH INSURANCE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL SPILLOVER COMPLEMENTARITY CHILD HEALTH 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 cutoff in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children age 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. 2021-04-13T14:33:50Z 2021-04-13T14:33:50Z 2019-10 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35431 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua
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spellingShingle	HEALTH INSURANCE RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL SPILLOVER COMPLEMENTARITY CHILD HEALTH Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from 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 cutoff in which insurance subsidies were randomly allocated to parents that covered their dependent children under 12; children age 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.
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author	Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca
author_facet	Fitzpatrick, Anne Thornton, Rebecca
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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	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2021
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The Effects of Health Insurance within Families : Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua

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