Seguro Popular: Incidence Analysis

John Scott

No DTE 367, Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía

Abstract: This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the distribution at the household level of benefits from the Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS), or Seguro Popular, in its initial phase of operations. This health protection scheme was introduced in 2003, through a mayor reform of the Ley General de Salud in Mexico. This is the first benefit incidence analysis available for this program, based on nationally representative household survey data, independent from the administrative records of the program. The paper also evaluates the effects on the use of public health services, private (out-of-pocket) health spending, and catastrophic health expenditures among poorer households.

Keywords: Incidence Analysis; Seguro Popular; health protection scheme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H22 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2006-09
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