The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
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- Abhijit Banerjee & Amy Finkelstein & Rema Hanna & Benjamin A. Olken & Arianna Ornaghi & Sudarno Sumarto, 2019. "The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia," NBER Working Papers 26204, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Banerjee, Abhijit & Finkelstein, Amy & Hanna, Rema & Olken, Benjamin & Ornaghi, Arianna & Sumarto, Sudarno, 2020. "The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries: Evidence from a large-scale randomized experiment in Indonesia," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1241, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
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Global Health;JEL classification:
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2019-10-14 (Development)
- NEP-EXP-2019-10-14 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2019-10-14 (Health Economics)
- NEP-SEA-2019-10-14 (South East Asia)
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