The impact of subsidized health insurance in the access to and use of health care in Medellín, Colombia

To evaluate the impact of this policy in Medellín, we use the 2008 Quality of Life Survey and, with the propensity score matching technique, we find a comparison group similar to the target group. Stratification, nearest neighbor, and kernel density estimators are used to calculate the size of the i...

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Published inLecturas de economía no. 82
Main Authors Sara Atehortúa, Lina Palacio-Mejía
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Universidad de Antioquia 01.03.2015
Subjects
access to and use of health care
Medellín
propensity score matching
public policy evaluation
subsidized health insurance
évaluation des politiques publiques
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Summary:To evaluate the impact of this policy in Medellín, we use the 2008 Quality of Life Survey and, with the propensity score matching technique, we find a comparison group similar to the target group. Stratification, nearest neighbor, and kernel density estimators are used to calculate the size of the impacts. We find that subsidized insurance has positive impacts on access to health care for people over ten years. In children under four years and women aged 15 to 49, positive results were observed in preventive services and hospitalization. In men older than 50 years, negative impacts were found in hospitalization, but those for preventive consultation were positive.
ISSN:0120-2596
2323-0622
DOI:10.17533/udea.le.n82a5