health insurance
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Pricing health insurance in India
Households are willing to pay for public health insurance, but those who pay to enrol have higher average costs than those who enrol when insurance is free. How then should governments set premiums for health insurance given the high costs of raising...
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Gender disparities in the use of government health insurance in India
There are stark gender disparities in hospital usage in India which increase with the cost of care. Social subsidies are unlikely to close disparities without gender-targeted efforts
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Can privatised healthcare add value? The Mexico diabetes experiment
Private care led to large savings for the public sector and improved health outcomes through more access to care, not necessarily better technology
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The winners and losers from partial health insurance
Health insurance for families in Nicaragua had a positive impact on parents and their insured younger children, but not on uninsured older children