Pathways to Better Health? Assessing the Impact of Ethiopian Community-Based Health Insurance on Children Health Outcomes

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 1299

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Anteneh, Zecharias ; Celidoni, Martina ; Rocco, Lorenzo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• (where): Essen
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/272931
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET