Arbeitspapier
Pathways to Better Health? Assessing the Impact of Ethiopian Community-Based Health Insurance on Children Health Outcomes
Publicly financed Community Based-Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are typically implemented in developing countries to foster healthcare utilization and improve health outcomes among low-income households. Using the Demographic and Health Survey from 2005 to 2016, we estimate the effects of the Ethiopian CBHI on children's health. Difference-in-differences estimates show that CBHI reduced mortality and the probability of being underweight among children under five. We also find that CBHI significantly reduces wasting, a measure of short-term nutritional deficiency or health conditions, but not stunting, known to be an indicator of long-term chronic malnutrition. Potential mechanisms underlying our results are improved maternal health, access to health care, nutrition and a reduced risk of poverty.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1299
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health Insurance, Public and Private
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- Thema
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community-based health insurance
children health
infant feeding
Difference in Differences approach
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Anteneh, Zecharias
Celidoni, Martina
Rocco, Lorenzo
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Veröffentlichung
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Global Labor Organization (GLO)
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Essen
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Anteneh, Zecharias
- Celidoni, Martina
- Rocco, Lorenzo
- Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Entstanden
- 2023