Household out-of-pocket health spending, health insurance coverage, and children's school attendance in the Philippines

In this paper, we develop and test a household allocation model that highlights the links between out-of-pocket health spending, health insurance, and schooling decisions. We find that insurance coverage with PhilHealth tends to increase the share of health in total expenditures, which in turn reduc...

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Published in:	The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 46, no. 2 (December 2009), p. 155-181.
Main Authors:	Capuno, Joseph J. (Author), Quimbo, Stella A. (Author), Tan, Carlos Antonio Jr (Author), Kraft, Aleli D. (Author)
Resource Type:	Analytics
Language:	English
Published:	[Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2009.
Subjects:	National health insurance > Philippines. Medical care, Cost of > Philippines. Education > Philippines.
Online Access:	https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9