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The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries : experimental evidence from Indonesia’s National Health Insurance
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Banerjee, Abhijit, Finkelstein, Amy, Hanna, Rema, Olken, Benjamin A., Ornaghi, Arianna and Sumarto, Sudarno (2021) The challenges of universal health insurance in developing countries : experimental evidence from Indonesia’s National Health Insurance. American Economic Review, 111 (9). pp. 3035-3063. doi:10.1257/aer.20200523 ISSN 0002-8282.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20200523
Abstract
To investigate barriers to universal health insurance in developing countries, we designed a randomized experiment involving about 6,000 households in Indonesia who are subject to a government health insurance program with a weakly enforced mandate. Time-limited subsidies increased enrollment and attracted lower-cost enrollees, in part by reducing the strategic timing of enrollment to correspond with health needs. Registration assistance also increased enrollment, but increased attempted enrollment much more, as over one-half of households who attempted to enroll did not successfully do so. These findings underscore how weak administrative capacity can create important challenges in developing countries for achieving widespread coverage.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | |||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | National health insurance -- Indonesia -- Administration -- Econometric models, Poor -- Medical care -- Indonesia -- Econometric models, National health insurance -- Developing countries -- Administration -- Econometric models, Poor -- Medical care -- Developing countries -- Econometric models | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Review | |||||||||
Publisher: | American Economic Association | |||||||||
ISSN: | 0002-8282 | |||||||||
Official Date: | September 2021 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 111 | |||||||||
Number: | 9 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3035-3063 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20200523 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
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Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 15 June 2021 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 August 2021 | |||||||||
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