The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand
This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Thailand s universal health coverage scheme to estimate its impacts on whether individuals report themselves as being too ill to work. The statistical power comes from the fact that there is an average o...
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okr-10986-119372021-04-23T14:02:58Z The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand Wagstaff, Adam Manachotphong, Wanwiphang ADVERSE SELECTION AGE GROUPS AGED AMBULATORY SERVICES BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHOICE OF PROVIDER COST SHARING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMERGENCY SERVICES ENROLLEES EXPOSURE FEMALE EDUCATION FREE CARE FREE CHOICE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTERVENTION JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAID MEDICAL BENEFIT MEDICAL BENEFITS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICARE MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE PATIENT PATIENT COST POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER RURAL RESIDENTS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Thailand s universal health coverage scheme to estimate its impacts on whether individuals report themselves as being too ill to work. The statistical power comes from the fact that there is an average of 62,000 respondents in the labor force survey at each survey date and no less than 68 survey dates, most of which are just one month apart. The analysis finds that universal coverage reduced the likelihood of people reporting themselves to be too sick to work: the authors estimate the effect to be -0.004 one year after universal coverage and -0.007 three years after. The estimated effects are much larger among those age 65 and over. Universal coverage had a much larger effect on health (about four times larger) than the Village Fund scheme, which provided free credit to rural households through a subsidized microcredit scheme and which was rolled out around the same time as universal coverage. 2012-12-07T18:33:25Z 2012-12-07T18:33:25Z 2012-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16481331/health-effects-universal-health-care-evidence-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11937 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6119 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Thailand |
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ADVERSE SELECTION AGE GROUPS AGED AMBULATORY SERVICES BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHOICE OF PROVIDER COST SHARING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMERGENCY SERVICES ENROLLEES EXPOSURE FEMALE EDUCATION FREE CARE FREE CHOICE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTERVENTION JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAID MEDICAL BENEFIT MEDICAL BENEFITS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICARE MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE PATIENT PATIENT COST POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER RURAL RESIDENTS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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ADVERSE SELECTION AGE GROUPS AGED AMBULATORY SERVICES BENEFICIAL EFFECTS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHOICE OF PROVIDER COST SHARING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMERGENCY SERVICES ENROLLEES EXPOSURE FEMALE EDUCATION FREE CARE FREE CHOICE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH RESOURCES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH HOSPITAL HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILL HEALTH ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS INTERVENTION JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS MEDICAID MEDICAL BENEFIT MEDICAL BENEFITS MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL GOODS MEDICARE MEDICINES MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY NATIONAL HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE PATIENT PATIENT COST POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC INSURANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER RURAL RESIDENTS SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Wagstaff, Adam Manachotphong, Wanwiphang The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
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East Asia and Pacific Thailand |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6119 |
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This paper exploits the staggered
rollout of Thailand s universal health coverage scheme to
estimate its impacts on whether individuals report
themselves as being too ill to work. The statistical power
comes from the fact that there is an average of 62,000
respondents in the labor force survey at each survey date
and no less than 68 survey dates, most of which are just one
month apart. The analysis finds that universal coverage
reduced the likelihood of people reporting themselves to be
too sick to work: the authors estimate the effect to be
-0.004 one year after universal coverage and -0.007 three
years after. The estimated effects are much larger among
those age 65 and over. Universal coverage had a much larger
effect on health (about four times larger) than the Village
Fund scheme, which provided free credit to rural households
through a subsidized microcredit scheme and which was rolled
out around the same time as universal coverage. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Wagstaff, Adam Manachotphong, Wanwiphang |
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Wagstaff, Adam Manachotphong, Wanwiphang |
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Wagstaff, Adam |
| title |
The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
| title_full |
The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand |
| title_sort |
health effects of universal health care : evidence from thailand |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16481331/health-effects-universal-health-care-evidence-thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11937 |
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