Does Public Health Insurance Increase Maternal Health Care Utilization in Egypt?

Ahmed Rashad, Mesbah Sharaf and Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour

Journal of International Development, 2019, vol. 31, issue 6, 516-520

Abstract: This paper assesses the impact of the national health insurance on the utilization of maternal health care services in Egypt using propensity score matching. The results suggest that health insurance has a strong and robust positive impact on most of the maternal health care indicators. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2019
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Working Paper: Does Public Health Insurance Increase Maternal Health Care Utilization in Egypt (2017)
Working Paper: Does public health insurance increase maternal health care utilization in Egypt? (2016)
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