Title-"Public Policy for the poor? A randomized assessment of the Mexican Universal Health Insurance Programme"
Notes: Assesses Seguro Popular in Mexico. Applies wedged experimental design (politically robust exp. design). This constituted a paired cluster rand. experiment where clusters pairs were selected from number of eligible clusters selected in accord to institutional constraints (needy clusters essentially). Narrowed clusters based on closeness and likelihood of compliance (at hh level)-observables matched on did not include outcomes of interested. Used baseline/endline survey data and main outcome of interest was effect of health expenditures on treated (where treatment were ads and increased public funding). In total 100 selected clusters (50 pairs). They estimate ITT as well as CACE (complier average causal effect:exclude always and never takers). CACE methodology is explained in Angrist, Imbs and Rubin 1996 (ref#18 in paper). ITT was estimated non-parametrically (reference to King 2009; (13)). CACE required assumption "only compliers benefited from [program]". Found no increase in participation but did find decreases in 'catastrophic expenditures (over 30% of hh capacity. For most part other effects negligible-discuss it may be due to short assement period ~1 year.
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