Researchers at Keio University Target Health Insurance (Health Insurance Coverage and Firm Performance: Evidence Using Firm Level Data from Vietnam)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators publish new report on Health Insurance. According to news reporting out of Tokyo, Japan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "In literature, there is limited direct evidence regarding the effect of health insurance coverage on firm performance and worker productivity. We study the impacts of health insurance on medium- and large-scale domestic private firms' performance and productivity in Vietnam, using a large firm level census dataset."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Keio University, "We find statistically, but suggestive, positive health insurance effects on both aggregate profit and profit per worker for both complying and non-complying firms when using the full sample. We further restrict the sample to specific industries. The positive health insurance effects could exist for both complying and non-complying firms in the heavy manufacturing and construction sector, while such positive effects could be only significant for complying firms in the wholesale/retail sectors. We could not find any evidence of positive health insurance effects in the light manufacturing sector."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "These results imply that the impacts of health insurance could be industry specific."

For more information on this research see: Health Insurance Coverage and Firm Performance: Evidence Using Firm Level Data from Vietnam. B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018;18(4):85-102. B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy can be contacted at: Walter De Gruyter Gmbh, Genthiner Strasse 13, D-10785 Berlin, Germany (see also Health Insurance).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H. Yamada, Keio University, Fac Econ, Minato Ku, Tokyo 1088345, Japan.

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