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Koch, Steven F.
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2017-06-28T13:32:13Z |
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2017-06 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This research examines the effect of the abolition of user fees in South Africa, a policy implemented in 1994 for uninsured children under the age of six and the elderly uninsured, as well as pregnant and nursing mothers. The analysis focuses on the implementation of the policy and the use of curative public healthcare services by children following strict and fuzzy regression discontinuity designs. The estimates point to statistically insignificant average and local average policy effects, even though the policy appears to have been implemented reasonably effectively, albeit imperfectly. In other words, the policy did not, on average, affect the use of curative public healthcare, at least for those children who should have benefited from the policy. |
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dc.description.department |
Economics |
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dc.description.embargo |
2019-06-30 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Economic Research Southern Africa |
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dc.description.uri |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1813-6982 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Koch, S.F. 2017, 'User fee abolition and the demand for public health care', South African Journal of Economics, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 242-258. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1813-6982 (online) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0038-2280 (print) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1111/saje.12146 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61157 |
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English |
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Wiley |
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dc.rights |
© Economic Society of South Africa. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'User fee abolition and the demand for public health care', South African Journal of Economics, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 242-258, 2017. doi : 10.1111/saje.12146. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comjournal/10.1111/(ISSN)1813-6982. |
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dc.subject |
South Africa (SA) |
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Public health care |
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dc.subject |
Curative public healthcare |
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dc.subject |
User fee abolition |
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dc.subject |
Regression discontinuity |
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dc.title |
User fee abolition and the demand for public health care |
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dc.type |
Postprint Article |
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