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Impact Evaluation of Health Insurance for Children: Evidence from a Developing Country

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  • Nguyen Viet Cuong

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Although there are numerous studies on impact evaluation of overall health insurance, little is known on the impact of health insurance on health care utilization and out-of-pocket health care spending of children, especially in developing countries. This

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Paper provided by Department of Research, Ipag Business School in its series Working Papers with number 2014-180.

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Length: 15 pages
Date of creation: 01 Jan 2014
Handle: RePEc:ipg:wpaper:2014-180
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Keywords: Child health insurance; impact evaluation; health care utilization; out-of-pocket spending; Vietnam.;

Find related papers by JEL classification:

  • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
  • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
  • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate

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