The effect of co-payments on the take-up of prenatal tests

Giacomo, Marina Di; Piacenza, Massimiliano; Siciliani, Luigi; Turati, Gilberto

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102553

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“…In the US, expansions in Medicaid eligibility and higher reimbursement rates have been linked to increased prenatal and birth care, with modest improvements in birthweight (Currie and Grogger, 2002;Almond and Doyle, 2011;Sonchak, 2015;Guldi and Hamersma, 2023). In Italy, Di Giacomo et al (2022) find that eliminating co-payments increases noninvasive screening tests and improves prenatal behavior. Similarly, research in LMICs indicates that subsidized national health insurance improves access to pre-and post-natal care (Miller et al, 2013;Chou et al, 2014;Bernal et al, 2017;Conti and Ginja, 2023).…”

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Enhancing Maternal and Infant Healthcare in Remote Villages: Experimental Evidence on the Efficacy of Demandand Supply-Side Subsidies

Bancalari,

Bernal,

García

et al. 2024

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This paper investigates the effects of releasing remoteness constraints on the accessibility and quality of maternal and infant healthcare. Through a field experiment, we provided complementary demand- and supply-side subsidies to improve healthcare for impoverished pregnant women residing in remote Nicaraguan communities. The subsidies increased the utilization of antenatal care by skilled providers, the quality of care received, institutional delivery, and postnatal care utilization, along with the quality of postnatal care received by mothers. Neonatal and infant mortality and fertility decreased in treated communities five years after the intervention was started.

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Enhancing Maternal and Infant Healthcare in Remote Villages: Experimental Evidence on the Efficacy of Demandand Supply-Side Subsidies

Bancalari,

Bernal,

García

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Does outpatient mutual‐aid reduce oncology patients' utilization of inpatient services?—An empirical study of outpatient mutual‐aid policy in Wuhan, China

Jiang,

Zhang,

Bingbing

2024

Health Planning & Management

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BackgroundThe escalating costs of healthcare had prompted countries to undertake reforms, and in recent years China had focused on overhauling its outpatient healthcare system. China implemented the outpatient mutual‐aid policy which had led to a change in the costs associated with outpatient treatment from being fully self‐paid by the patient to being partially self‐paid.PurposeThis study aimed to assess the impact of the outpatient mutual‐aid policy on inpatient services for oncology patients in Wuhan, China, exploring the impact that the cumbersome administration of health insurance would have on patient welfare.Methods24,260 oncology patients of the health insurance reimbursement database in Wuhan spanning from January 2022 to July 2023 were included. After data processing, 12,985 patients were included in the control group and 11,275 patients were included in the experimental group. The regression discontinuity design was employed to assess the impact of the policy.ResultsThe findings was that the implementation of the outpatient mutual‐aid would result in a reduction of 1.2 days in the length of stay for oncology patients, a decrease in hospital costs by 5%, and a decline in expenditure of the health insurance reimbursement funds by 5 per cent.ConclusionsIncorporating outpatient costs into reimbursement supplanted the utilization of inpatient services, enhanced the allocation of healthcare resources, and alleviated the financial burden on oncology patients. Furthermore, it highlighted the detrimental impact of eligibility review to verify that a patient meets the reimbursement requirements of the health insurance policy on patient welfare.

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The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health

Cygan-Rehm

Karbownik

2022

Journal of Health Economics

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The effect of co-payments on the take-up of prenatal tests

Cited by 7 publications

References 77 publications

Enhancing Maternal and Infant Healthcare in Remote Villages: Experimental Evidence on the Efficacy of Demandand Supply-Side Subsidies

Enhancing Maternal and Infant Healthcare in Remote Villages: Experimental Evidence on the Efficacy of Demandand Supply-Side Subsidies

Does outpatient mutual‐aid reduce oncology patients' utilization of inpatient services?—An empirical study of outpatient mutual‐aid policy in Wuhan, China

The effects of incentivizing early prenatal care on infant health

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