Do Subsidized Health Programs in Armenia Increase Utilization among the Poor?

This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia, increases utilization and affordability of outpatient health care among the poor. The authors find that beneficiaries of the BBP pay approximately 45 percent less in fees for doctor vis...

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Main Authors:	Angel-Urdinola, Diego F., Jain, Shweta
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ARTICLE BENEFICIARIES CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS COST OF TREATMENT COSTS OF TREATMENT DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DENTAL SERVICES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASES DOCTORS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION EMERGENCY TREATMENT EQUITY IN ACCESS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROGRAM HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HOME VISITS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME COEFFICIENT INFORMAL CARE INFORMAL PAYMENTS INPATIENT CARE INTERNATIONAL POLICY LABOR FORCE LIMITED RESOURCES MALARIA MARKET PRICES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICINES MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NURSES OUTPATIENT CARE OUTPATIENT SERVICES PATIENT PATIENTS PENSIONS PHYSICIANS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION STRUCTURE POSTNATAL CARE PRACTITIONERS PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCRIPTION DRUGS PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES PRICE ELASTICITY PROBABILITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RURAL AREAS SCHOOL FEES SECTOR PROGRAMS SEX SHARE OF HEALTH EXPENDITURE SINGLE MOTHER SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE TREASURY STDS SURGERY TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIFORMS USER FEES VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7081677/subsidized-health-programs-armenia-increase-utilization-among-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9277

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Do Subsidized Health Programs in Armenia Increase Utilization among the Poor?

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