The impact of health insurance programs on out-of-pocket expenditures in Indonesia: An increase or a decrease?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2995-3013

  Aji, Budi ^a,b   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Souares, Aurelia ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JENDERAL SOEDIRMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Out of pocket expenditures; Panel data analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PANEL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASKES; ASKESKIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIXED EFFECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; JAMSOSTEK; OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURE; POOLED ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; POOLED TWO STAGE LEAST SQUARES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

INDONESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886847682     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10072995     Document Type: Article

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