Can beneficiary information improve hospital accountability? Experimental evidence from a public health insurance scheme in India
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Keywords
Service delivery; Compliance; Out-of-pocket payments; Voice; Rajasthan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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