Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor
Vietnam's health care fund for the poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic minorities living in selected mountainous provinces, and all households living in communes officially designated as highly disadvantaged. As of 2006, the program, which started in...
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okr-10986-50082021-04-23T14:02:20Z Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor Wagstaff, Adam National Government Expenditures and Health H510 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economics of Minorities and Races Non-labor Discrimination J150 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Vietnam's health care fund for the poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic minorities living in selected mountainous provinces, and all households living in communes officially designated as highly disadvantaged. As of 2006, the program, which started in 2003, covered around 60% of those eligible. Those who were covered (about 20% of the population) were disproportionately poor, and around 80% of those covered were eligible. Estimates of the program's impact were obtained using a method that takes into account unobserved heterogeneity--including unobserved idiosyncratic returns--but requires minimal assumptions. The downside is that it provides an estimate only of the program's impact on those covered by it; it cannot therefore answer the question of how those currently uncovered will fare when they are eventually covered. The results suggest that HCFP has had no impact on use of services, but has substantially reduced out-of-pocket spending. 2012-03-30T07:30:49Z 2012-03-30T07:30:49Z 2010 Journal Article Health Economics 10579230 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5008 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Vietnam |
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National Government Expenditures and Health H510 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economics of Minorities and Races Non-labor Discrimination J150 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 |
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National Government Expenditures and Health H510 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economics of Minorities and Races Non-labor Discrimination J150 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics Health Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty P360 Wagstaff, Adam Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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Vietnam's health care fund for the poor (HCFP) uses government revenues to finance health care for the poor, ethnic minorities living in selected mountainous provinces, and all households living in communes officially designated as highly disadvantaged. As of 2006, the program, which started in 2003, covered around 60% of those eligible. Those who were covered (about 20% of the population) were disproportionately poor, and around 80% of those covered were eligible. Estimates of the program's impact were obtained using a method that takes into account unobserved heterogeneity--including unobserved idiosyncratic returns--but requires minimal assumptions. The downside is that it provides an estimate only of the program's impact on those covered by it; it cannot therefore answer the question of how those currently uncovered will fare when they are eventually covered. The results suggest that HCFP has had no impact on use of services, but has substantially reduced out-of-pocket spending. |
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Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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Estimating Health Insurance Impacts under Unobserved Heterogeneity : The Case of Vietnam's Health Care Fund for the Poor |
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