The impact of subsidized health insurance in the access to and use of health care in Medellín, Colombia

To evaluate the impact of this policy in Medellín, we use the 2008 Quality of Life Survey and, with the propensity score matching technique, we find a comparison group similar to the target group. Stratification, nearest neighbor, and kernel density estimators are used to calculate the size of the i...

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Main Authors: Sara Atehortúa, Lina Palacio-Mejía
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2015-03-01
Series:Lecturas de Economía
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Online Access:https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/lecturasdeeconomia/article/view/21976