ArticleHealth economics2011
Evidence of a causal link between health outcomes, insurance coverage, and a policy to expand access: experimental data from children in the Philippines.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- From fees to free: impacts of user fee removal on child health outcomes - a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparative effectiveness of two disparate policies on child health: experimental evidence from the Philippines.Health policy and planning · 2017Trial
- The impact of performance incentives on child health outcomes: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in the Philippines.Health policy and planning · 2014Trial
- Beyond medical care: public health insurance, caloric intake, and labor productivity in rural China.Health economics review · 2026Article
- Health Care Utilization and Family Frustration: Do Health Insurance Coverage and Medical Homes for US Children Matter?Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Financing for equity for women's, children's and adolescents' health in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Effects of Health Insurance on Quality of Care in Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Public health reviews · 2023Review
- Reduction in inequalities in health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization among older adults in the Philippines after mandatory national health insurance coverage: trend analysis for 2003-2017.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Community-Based Health Insurance Enrollment and Child Health Service Utilization in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Case Comparison Study.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2020Article
- An Evaluation of Healthcare Use and Child Morbidity 4 Years After User Fee Removal in Rural Burkina Faso.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
- The impact of user charges on health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- National Incidence of Patient Safety Indicators in the Total Hip Arthroplasty Population.The Journal of arthroplasty · 2017Article
- Disparities in reportable quality metrics by insurance status in the primary spine neoplasm population.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2017Article
- Insurance status and reportable quality metrics in the cervical spine fusion population.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2017Article
- Health insurance and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso.Global health action · 2015Article
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Abstract
In this paper, we present evidence on the health effects of a health insurance intervention targeted to poor children using data from a randomized policy experiment known as the Quality Improvement Demonstration Study. Among study participants, using a difference-in-difference regression model, we estimated a 9-12 and 4-9 percentage point reduction in the likelihood of wasting and having an infection, respectively, as measured by a common biomarker C-reactive Protein. Interestingly, these benefits were not apparent at the time of discharge; the beneficial health effects were manifest several weeks after release from the hospital.
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