Health insurance and child mortality: Evidence from India
Anaka Aiyar,
Naveen Sunder
Abstract:Although less than a third of the population in developing countries is covered by health insurance, the number has been on the rise. Many countries have implemented national insurance policies in the past decade. However, there is limited evidence on their impact on child mortality in low‐ and middle‐income contexts. Here we document the child mortality reducing effects of an at‐scale national level health insurance policy in India. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), was rolled out across India betwee… Show more
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