Evidence of a causal link between health outcomes, insurance coverage, and a policy to expand access: experimental data from children in the Philippines | Zendy

Quimbo Stella A. | Zendy; Peabody John W. | Zendy; Shimkhada Riti | Zendy; Florentino Jhiedon | Zendy; Solon Orville | Zendy

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Evidence of a causal link between health outcomes, insurance coverage, and a policy to expand access: experimental data from children in the Philippines

Author(s) -

Quimbo Stella A.,

Peabody John W.,

Shimkhada Riti,

Florentino Jhiedon,

Solon Orville

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

health economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55

H-Index - 109

eISSN - 1099-1050

pISSN - 1057-9230

DOI - 10.1002/hec.1621

Subject(s) - difference in differences , medicine , health insurance , actuarial science , wasting , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , biomarker , selection bias , average treatment effect , propensity score matching , health care , demography , econometrics , business , economics , economic growth , pathology , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry

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. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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