| dc.contributor.author | Gruber, Jonathan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hendren, Nathaniel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Townsend, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-13T19:06:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-13T19:06:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-01 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1945-7782 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1945-7790 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes Thailand's 2001 healthcare reform, "30 Baht." The program increased funding available to hospitals to care for the poor and reduced copays to 30 Baht (~$0.75). Our estimates suggest the supply-side funding of the program increased healthcare utilization, especially among the poor. Moreover, we find significant impacts on infant mortality. Prior to 30 Baht, poorer provinces had significantly higher infant mortality rates than richer provinces. After 30 Baht, this correlation evaporates to zero. The results suggest that increased access to healthcare among the poor can significantly reduce their infant mortality rates. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF Graduate Research Fellowship) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute on Aging (NIA grant T32-AG000186) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER Health and Aging Fellowship) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.6.1.91 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | American Economic Association | en_US |
| dc.title | The Great Equalizer: Health Care Access and Infant Mortality in Thailand | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gruber, Jonathan, Nathaniel Hendren, and Robert M. Townsend. “ The Great Equalizer: Health Care Access and Infant Mortality in Thailand.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6, no. 1 (January 2014): 91–107. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Gruber, Jonathan | en_US |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Townsend, Robert | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Gruber, Jonathan; Hendren, Nathaniel; Townsend, Robert M. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9877-3065 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1528-8102 | |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
