Can community health insurance schemes shield the poor against the downside health effects of economic reforms?
A. Asfaw and J. von Braun Health Policy, Vol.70, 2004, p.97-108 The study investigates the prospects of Community Based Health Insurance Schemes (CBHIS) mitigating the adverse health effects of economic liberalisation and globalisation. It uses household level data collected from rural areas of Ethiopia and double-bounded dichotomous choice contingent valuation method to examine the prospect of CBHIS shielding the poor against the adverse effects of economic reform and deregulation. Results demonstrated that the introduction of such schemes can help to prevent the eviction of the poor and disadvantaged from the health care marker.
