The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín

This paper uses count and binary data models with an endogenous dummy variable to evaluate the effect of the subsidized health care program in Medellin (Colombia). The subsidized program, which primarily covers poor people, is found to have a significant impact on the use of preventive medical care...

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Ramírez Hassan, Andrés
Cardona Jiménez, Johnatan
Cadavid Montoya, Ramiro
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2013
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Universidad EAFIT
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eng
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oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/7529
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Binary Models
Count Models
Endogenous Dummy Regression
Program Evaluation.
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spelling 20132015-11-06T16:26:24Z20132015-11-06T16:26:24Z1413-8050http://hdl.handle.net/10784/7529This paper uses count and binary data models with an endogenous dummy variable to evaluate the effect of the subsidized health care program in Medellin (Colombia). The subsidized program, which primarily covers poor people, is found to have a significant impact on the use of preventive medical care and hospitalization that might have a negative impact on the financial statements of the program. Specifically, econometric estimations of health care utilization indicate that there is both selectionand moral hazard. These facts imply that the program can improve its coverage if mechanisms are created to lower the individual moral hazardeffect.engScieloEconomia Aplicada. Vol.17(4), 2013, pp.543-556http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ecoa/v17n4/01.pdfhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/ecoa/v17n4/01.pdfopenAccessAcceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Economia Aplicada. Vol.17(4), 2013, pp.543-556The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellínarticleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtículoObra publicadapublishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1Binary ModelsCount ModelsEndogenous Dummy RegressionProgram Evaluation.Escuela de Economía y FinanzasEconomíaRamírez Hassan, AndrésCardona Jiménez, JohnatanCadavid Montoya, RamiroUniversidad EAFITUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad EAFIT.Estudios en Economía y EmpresaEconomía Aplicada17454355610784/7529oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/75292015-11-06 16:35:25.123metadata.onlyhttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
title The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
spellingShingle The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
Binary Models
Count Models
Endogenous Dummy Regression
Program Evaluation.
title_short The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
title_full The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
title_fullStr The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
title_full_unstemmed The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
title_sort The Impact Of Subsidized Health Insurance On The Poor In Colombia: Evaluating The Case Of Medellín
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Ramírez Hassan, Andrés
Cardona Jiménez, Johnatan
Cadavid Montoya, Ramiro
dc.contributor.department.spa.fl_str_mv Escuela de Economía y Finanzas
Economía
dc.contributor.author.spa.fl_str_mv Ramírez Hassan, Andrés
Cardona Jiménez, Johnatan
Cadavid Montoya, Ramiro
dc.contributor.affiliation.spa.fl_str_mv Universidad EAFIT
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Universidad EAFIT.
dc.contributor.program.spa.fl_str_mv Estudios en Economía y Empresa
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Binary Models
Count Models
Endogenous Dummy Regression
Program Evaluation.
topic Binary Models
Count Models
Endogenous Dummy Regression
Program Evaluation.
description This paper uses count and binary data models with an endogenous dummy variable to evaluate the effect of the subsidized health care program in Medellin (Colombia). The subsidized program, which primarily covers poor people, is found to have a significant impact on the use of preventive medical care and hospitalization that might have a negative impact on the financial statements of the program. Specifically, econometric estimations of health care utilization indicate that there is both selectionand moral hazard. These facts imply that the program can improve its coverage if mechanisms are created to lower the individual moral hazardeffect.
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