Heterogeneous Impact of the "Seguro Popular" Program on the Utilization of Obstetrical Services in Mexico, 2001-2006:  A Multinomial Probit Model with a Discrete Endogenous Variable

Sosa-Rubí, Sandra G.; Galárraga, Omar; Harris, Jeffrey E.

doi:10.3386/w13498

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“…Miller et al (2009) find overall lower OOP expenditures and a lower incidence of high-level expenditures for the insured. Sosa-Rubi et al (2009a) report that pregnant women with Mexican SP insurance use SP-sponsored state services, the care with the lowest OOP expenditure. Nevertheless, the evidence is unclear because there is a preference among the insured for expensive private care over cheaper types of state-sponsored care.…”

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The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Acharya¹,

Vellakkal²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

Policy Research Working Papers

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This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly on a voluntary basis, to the informal sector in low-and middle-income countries. A substantial number of papers provide estimations of average treatment on the treated effect for insured persons. We summarize papers that correct for the problem of self-selection into insurance and papers that estimate the average intention to treat effect. Summarizing the literature was difficult because of the lack of (1) uniformity in the use of meaningful definitions of outcomes that indicate welfare improvements and (2) clarity in the consideration of selection issues. We find the uptake of insurance schemes, in many cases, to be less than expected. In general, we find no strong evidence of an impact on utilization, protection from financial risk, and health status. However, a few insurance schemes afford significant protection from high levels of out-of-pocket expenditures. In these cases, however, the impact on the poor is weaker. More information is needed to understand the reasons for low enrollment and to explain the limited impact of health insurance among the insured.

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Section: Financial Protectionmentioning

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The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Acharya¹,

Vellakkal²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…Next to this, there are a number of studies on Mexico, including Barros (2008), King et al (2009), Sosa-Rubi et al (2009), and Galárraga et al (2010. All of them investigate the effects of the "Seguro Popular" program, whose aim is-as the SIS's in Peru-to improve access to health insurance for the poor.…”

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The effects of access to health insurance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Peru

Bernal

Carpio

Klein

2017

Journal of Public Economics

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“…In most cases, they either find no effect or a statistically significant, but fairly small shift toward informality. Other studies focus on changes in the access and use of health services in response to the program (Knox 2008;Sosa-Rubi et al 2009), or the avoidance of catastrophic health expenditures (Grogger et al 2010;Gakidou et al 2006;Knaul et al 2006;King et al 2009). The principal findings are that the program has largely succeeded on both counts.…”

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Does access to health insurance reduce the risk of miscarriages? Evidence from Mexico’s Seguro popular

Pfütze

2015

Lat Am Econ Rev

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This paper analyzes whether Mexico's de-facto non-contributory health insurance program Seguro Popular had an effect on the risk of miscarriage during pregnancy. Using data on pregnancies over the 2004-08 period from the 2009 round of the National Survey on Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), and employing the staggered roll-out of the program as an identification strategy, it is found that it resulted in a significant reduction in the risk of a miscarriage. For the target population, a one percentage point increase in eligibility is found to decrease miscarriages by .04 percentage point at the average.

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Heterogeneous Impact of the "Seguro Popular" Program on the Utilization of Obstetrical Services in Mexico, 2001-2006: A Multinomial Probit Model with a Discrete Endogenous Variable

Abstract: We acknowledge the research assistance of Edson Serván Mori. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Cited by 26 publications

References 33 publications

The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

The effects of access to health insurance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Peru

Does access to health insurance reduce the risk of miscarriages? Evidence from Mexico’s Seguro popular

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