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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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1299

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health Insurance, Public and Private
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
community-based health insurance
children health
infant feeding
Difference in Differences approach

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Anteneh, Zecharias
Celidoni, Martina
Rocco, Lorenzo
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Global Labor Organization (GLO)
(wo)
Essen
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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

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