ArticleCureus2022
Does Health Insurance Eligibility Improve Child Health: Evidence From the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria.
Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Heterogeneous impact of health insurance on children's nutritional status: insights from Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression (IV-QR) approach.Health economics review · 2026Article
- Medical insurance coverage and its associated factors among children in urban and rural Chongqing, China.International health · 2026Article
- Exploring the Potential Causal Relationship Between Health Insurance Coverage and Child Nutritional Status in Pakistan: Evidence from PDHS-2018.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Regional variations in child health deprivation and its associated factors in Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The role of social support in mitigating the effects of increased screen time on adolescent mental health.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Perceptions of healthcare finance and system quality among Nigerian healthcare workers.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Favorable child health outcomes are important for sustainable growth and development, especially for developing economies. However, Nigeria has some of the worst health indicators. The problem seems to be inadequate access to affordable healthcare, especially for children. To improve policies aimed at improving access to affordable healthcare for children in Nigeria through health insurance, it is important to measure the extent to which health insurance affects child health. This study examines the effects of health insurance on child health and healthcare utilization in Nigeria using the implementation and expansion of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to introduce the exogenous variation in health insurance eligibility, a natural experiment that fits a difference-in-difference model. The findings suggest that health insurance increases birth weight. It also increases the probability that children receive polio and diphtheria vaccines. The findings suggest that the NHIS in Nigeria is effective in improving the health outcomes of children. Policies strengthening the take-up of the NHIS should be encouraged across all sectors and socio-economic groups in the economy.
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