Field-based Evidence of Enhanced Health Care Utilization Among Persons Insured by MHI Units in Philippines

David Dror

Chapter 22 in Financing Micro Health Insurance:Theory, Methods and Evidence, 2018, pp 443-456 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:A cross-sectional research design was used. The household survey was carried out in six MIUs in the Philippines.A two-stage cluster sampling method was followed in selecting insureds and uninsureds. A total of 1,953 households, 890 insured households (4,639 individuals), and 1,063 uninsured households (5,550 individuals) were included in the study.Around 95% of the hospitalization cases among the surveyed households were physician-referrals rather than direct admissions.

Keywords: Microinsurance; Micro Health Insurance; Health Insurance; Community-Based Health Insurance; CBHI; Demand for Health Insurance; Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance; Microinsurance Package Design; Implementation of CBHI; Business Case of Microinsurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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