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Health insurance and Out-of-Pocket health care expenditure in Kenya

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  • Kamba Urbanus Kioko

    (Department of Economics, Population and Development Studies Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya)

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Aim/purpose – The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of health insurance on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health care expenditure in Kenya. It is informed by persistence in the challenges of access and utilization of quality and affordable health care services. Previously, researchers have estimated the effects of different forms of health care financing on its demand and shown that affordability not only enhances access and use of health services but also cushions people against adverse financial risks associated with catastrophic health care spending.

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  • Kamba Urbanus Kioko, 2022. "Health insurance and Out-of-Pocket health care expenditure in Kenya," Journal of Economics and Management, Sciendo, vol. 44(1), pages 38-63, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:jecman:v:44:y:2022:i:1:p:38-63:n:10
    DOI: 10.22367/jem.2022.44.03
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    Keywords

    health insurance; Out-of-Pocket; health care; two-part model; Kenya;
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    JEL classification:

    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality

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