Researchers at Sam Houston State University Report Findings in Health Insurance (Effects of health insurance on birth weight in Mexico)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators discuss new findings in Health Insurance. According to news reporting originating from Huntsville, Texas, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "This paper estimates the effect of mother's insurance coverage on neonatal outcomes in Mexico using hospital-based administrative data. Using an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effects of health insurance on infant health, we find that mother's insurance coverage has positive impacts on neonatal outcomes."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Sam Houston State University, "Children born to insured mothers weighed 108?g higher and had reduced probability of low birth weight by 7.5 percentage points. These effects appear to be stronger for mothers with higher levels of education and in municipalities with a higher development index."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Findings indicate that expanding insurance coverage could be helpful in improving neonatal outcomes in resource-constrained countries."

For more information on this research see: Effects of health insurance on birth weight in Mexico. Health Economics, 2018;():. (Wiley-Blackwell - www.wiley.com/; Health Economics - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1050)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Kumar, Dept. of Economics and International Business, College of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, United States (see also Health Insurance).

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3662. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Keywords for this news article include: Texas, Huntsville, United States, Health Insurance, Health and Medicine, North and Central America.