The impact of subsidized health insurance on the poor in colombia: Evaluating the case of medellín

Economia Aplicada

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-556

  Hassan, Andrés Ramírez ^a   Jiménez, Johnatan Cardona ^b   Montoya, Ramiro Cadavid ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Binary models; Count models; Endogenous dummy regression; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897669663     PISSN: 14138050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-80502013000400001     Document Type: Article

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