TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Helmsmüller, Simona
A1  - Landmann, Andreas
T1  - Does free hospitalization insurance change health care consumption of the poor? Short-term evidence from Pakistan
JF  - The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review
N2  - We analyze short-term effects of free hospitalization insurance for the poorest quintile of the population in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. First, we exploit that eligibility is based on an exogenous poverty score threshold and apply a regression discontinuity design. Second, we exploit imperfect rollout and compare insured and uninsured households using propensity score matching. With both methods we fail to detect significant effects on the incidence of hospitalization. Whereas the program did not meaningfully increase the quantity of health care consumed, insured households more often choose private hospitals, indicating a shift towards higher perceived quality of care.
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Universal health care
KW  - Program evaluation
KW  - Health care consumption
KW  - Pakistan
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-59809
SN  - 1554-964X
SS  - 1554-964X
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1057/s10713-021-00069-0
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1057/s10713-021-00069-0
VL  - 47
IS  - 1
SP  - 238
EP  - 275
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
ER  -