Study Results from Brookings Institution Provide New Insights into Health Insurance (The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health…

Study Results from Brookings Institution Provide New Insights into Health Insurance (The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Health Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "This paper analyzes the quantitative impact of an intervention that provides subsidized low-cost private health insurance together with health facility upgrades in Nigeria. The evaluation, which measures impact on healthcare utilization and spending, is based on a quasi-experimental design and utilizes three population-based household surveys over a 4-year period."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Brookings Institution, "After 4 years, the intervention increased healthcare use by 25.2 percentage points in the treatment area overall and by 17.7 percentage points among the insured. Utilization of modern healthcare facilities increased after 4 years by 20.4 percentage points in the treatment area and by 18.4 percentage points among the insured due to the intervention."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "After 2 years of program implementation, the intervention reduced healthcare spending by 51% compared with baseline, while after 4 years, spending resumed to pre-intervention levels."

For more information on this research see: The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2018;18(3):221-276. International Journal of Health Economics and Management can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA (see also Health Insurance).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E. Gustafsson-Wright, Brookings Inst, Washington, DC 20036, United States. Additional authors for this research include G. Popawska, Z. Tanovic and J. van der Gaag.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-017-9231-y. 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: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America, Health and Medicine, Health Insurance, Brookings Institution.

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