The impact of the Indonesian health card program: A matching estimator approach

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-53

  Johar, Meliyanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health sector reform; Impact evaluation; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INCENTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58149468601     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Aakvik A. Bounding a matching estimator: the case of a Norwegian training program. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 63 1 (2001) 115-142
2. Abadie, A., Imbens, G.W., 2006. On the failure of the bootstrap for matching estimators. NBER Technical Working Paper 2006 no.325.
3. Akin J.S., Guilkey D.K., Hutchinson P.L., and Mcintosh M.T. Price elasticities of demand for curative health care with control for sample selectivity on endogenous illness: an analysis for Sri Lanka. Health Economics 7 6 (1998) 509-531
4. Andersen R.M. Revisiting the behavioral model and access to medical care: does it matter?. Journal of Health and Social Behaviour 36 (1995) 1-10
5. Augurzky, B., Schmidt, C., 2001. The propensity score: A means to an end. IZA Discussion Paper 2001 no. 271.
6. Becker S.O., and Caliendo M. Sensitivity analysis for average treatment effect. The Stata Journal 7 1 (2007) 71-83
7. Becker S.O., and Ichino A. Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores. The Stata Journal 2 (2002) 358-377
8. Besley T., Coate S., and Loury G. The economics of rotating savings and credit associations. American Economic Review 83 4 (1993) 792-810
9. Booth A. Counting the poor in Indonesia. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 29 1 (1993) 53-83
10. Caliendo M., and Kopeinig S. Some practical guidance for the implementation of propensity score matching. Journal of Economic Surveys 22 1 (2008) 31-72
11. Case A., Lubotsky D., and Paxson C. Economic status and health in childhood: the origin of the gradient. American Economic Review 92 5 (2002) 1308-1334
12. Castro-Leal F., Dayton J., Demery L., and Mehra K. Public spending on health care in Africa: do the poor benefit?. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78 1 (2000) 66-74
13. Cobb-Clark D.A., and Crossley T. Econometrics for evaluation: an introduction to recent developments. Economic Record 79 247 (2003) 491-551
14. Dehejia R.H., and Wahba S. Propensity score matching methods for nonexperimental causal studies. Review of Economics and Statistics 84 1 (2002) 151-161
15. Dow, W.H., Gertler, P., Schoeni, R.F., Strauss, J., Thomas, D., 2000. Health care prices, health and labor outcomes: experimental evidence. RAND Working Paper 2000, California.
16. Frankenberg, E., Beegle, K., Thomas, D., Suriastini, W., 1999. Health, education and the economic crisis in Indonesia. RAND Working Paper 1999, Santa Monica, USA.
17. Fehr E., and Gachter S. Cooperation and punishment in public goods experiments. American Economic Review 90 4 (2000) 980-994
18. Filmer D., Hammer J.S., and Pritchett L.H. Weak links in the chain: a diagnosis of health policy in poor countries. World Bank Research Observer 15 2 (2000) 199-224
19. Galiani S., Gertler P., and Schargrodsky E. Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality. Journal of Political Economy 113 (2005) 83-120
20. Gertler P.J., and Molyneaux J.W. The Asian demographic transition and its causes: the impact of targeted family planning programs in Indonesia. Population and Development Review 26 Suppl. (2000) 61-85
21. Gertler, P.J., 1995. Progress report of the Indonesian resource mobilization study. Research Advisory Committee, Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank 1995, quoted in Lanjouw, P., Pradhan. M., Saadah. F., Sayed. H., Sparrow. R. Poverty, education and health in Indonesia: who benefits from public spending? Policy Research Working Paper 2739, The World Bank 2001, p. 23.
22. Heckman J., Ichimura H., and Todd P.E. Matching as an econometric evaluation estimator: evidence for evaluating a job training programme. Review of Economic Studies 64 4 (1997) 605-654
23. Heckman J., Ichimura H., and Todd P.E. Characterizing selection bias using experimental data. Econometrica 66 5 (1998) 1017-1098
24. Jensen E.R. The fertility impact of alternative family planning distribution channels in Indonesia. Demography 33 2 (1996) 153-165
25. Lanjouw, P., Pradhan, M., Saadah, F., Sayed, H., Sparrow, R., 2001. Poverty, Education and Health in Indonesia: Who Benefits from Public spending? Policy Research Working Paper 2739, World Bank.
26. Manning W.G., Newhouse J.P., Duan N., Keeler E.B., Leibowitz A., and Marquis M.S. Health insurance and the demand for medical care: evidence from a randomized experiment. American Economic Review 77 3 (1987) 251-277
27. Mantel N., and Haenszel W. Statistical aspects of the analysis of data from retrospective studies of disease 22 4 (1959) 719-748
28. McGuire T. Physician agency. In: Culyer, and Newhouse (Eds). Handbook of Health Economics vol. 1A (2000), North Holland, Amsterdam
29. Miguel E., and Gugerty M.K. Ethnic diversity, social sanctions, and public goods in Kenya. Journal of Public Economics 89 11 (2005) 2325-2368
30. Million A., Riphahn R.T., and Wambach A. Incentive effects in the demand for health care: a bivariate panel count data estimation. Journal of Applied Econometrics 18 4 (2003) 387-405
31. Newman J., Pradhan M., Rawlings L.B., Ridder G., Coa R., and Evia J.L. An impact evaluation of education, health, and water supply investments by the Bolivian social investment fund. The World Bank Economic Review 16 2 (2002) 241-274
32. Poterba, J.M., 1994. Government intervention in the markets for education and health care: how and why? NBER Working Paper 1994 no. 4916.
33. Pradhan M., Rawlings L., and Ridder G. The Bolivian social investment fund: an analysis of baseline data for impact evaluation. World Bank Economics Review 12 (1998) 457-482
34. Pradhan M., Saadah F., and Sparrow R.A. Did the health card program ensure access to medical care for the poor during Indonesia's economic crisis?. World Bank Economic Review 21 1 (2007) 125-150
35. Rosenbaum P.R. Observational Studies. 2nd ed. (2002), Springer-Verlag, New York
36. Rubin D.B., and Thomas N. Matching using estimated propensity scores: relating theory to practice. Biometrics 52 (1996) 249-264
37. Smith J., and Todd P. A critical survey of empirical methods for evaluating active labor market policies. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 136 3 (2000) 1-22
38. Smith J., and Todd P. Does matching overcome Lalonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?. Journal of Econometrics 125 1 (2005) 305-375
39. Thomas D., Frankenberg E., and Smith J.P. Lost but not forgotten: attrition and follow-up in the Indonesia family life survey. Journal of Human Resources 36 3 (2001) 556-592
40. Trujillo A., Portillo J., and Vernon J. The impact of subsidised health insurance for the poor: evaluating the Colombian experience using propensity score matching. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 5 3 (2005) 211-239
41. Wagstaff, A., 2005. Health systems in East Asia: what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers? World Bank Working Paper 2005 no. 3790.
42. Wagstaff A., and Yu S. Do health sector reforms have their intended impacts?: The World Bank's Health VIII Project in Gansu Province, China. Journal of Health Economics 26 3 (2007) 505-535
43. Waters H., Saadah F., and Pradhan M. The impact of the 1997-98 East Asian economic crisis on health and health care in Indonesia. Health Policy and Planning 18 2 (2003) 172-181
44. Weerdt J.D., and Dercon S. Risk-sharing networks and insurance against illness. Journal of Development Economics 81 2 (2006) 337-356
45. Whitehead M., Dahlgren G., and Evans T. Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap?. Lancet 358 (2001) 833-836
46. WHO. Mortality Country Fact Sheet 2006: Indonesia. WHO, viewed 5 September 2007, .
47. Widianto, H., 2007. Personal communication. January 12, at the Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Indonesia.
48. World Bank, 2006. World Development Indicators: Poverty. World Bank, viewed 5 September 2007, .
49. Xu K., Evans D.B., Kawabata K., Zeramdini R., Klavus J., and Murray C.J.L. Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis. Lancet 362 9378 (2003) 111-117
50. Zhao Z. Using matching to estimate treatment effects: data requirements, matching metrics, and Monte Carlo evidence. Review of Economic and Statistics 86 1 (2004) 91-107