ArticleInternational journal of health economics and management2018
The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria.
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- What is the coverage of your health insurance plan? An audit of hospital billing.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- Short and longer-term impacts of health insurance on catastrophic health expenditures in Kwara State, Nigeria.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Impact of community-based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach.International journal of health economics and management · 2021Article
- National health insurance and the choice of delivery facility among expectant mothers in Ghana.International journal of health economics and management · 2021Article
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- The prominent role of informal medicine vendors despite health insurance: a weekly diaries study in rural Nigeria.Health policy and planning · 2020Article
- Impact of Health Insurance on Health Care Utilisation and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Vietnam.BioMed research international · 2020Observational
- Determinants of Enrolment and Renewing of Community-Based Health Insurance in Households With Under-5 Children in Rural South-Western Uganda.International journal of health policy and management · 2019Article
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the quantitative impact of an intervention that provides subsidized low-cost private health insurance together with health facility upgrades in Nigeria. The evaluation, which measures impact on healthcare utilization and spending, is based on a quasi-experimental design and utilizes three population-based household surveys over a 4-year period. After 4 years, the intervention increased healthcare use by 25.2 percentage points in the treatment area overall and by 17.7 percentage points among the insured. Utilization of modern healthcare facilities increased after 4 years by 20.4 percentage points in the treatment area and by 18.4 percentage points among the insured due to the intervention. After 2 years of program implementation, the intervention reduced healthcare spending by 51% compared with baseline, while after 4 years, spending resumed to pre-intervention levels.
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