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Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance Among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal

In: Financing Micro Health Insurance Theory, Methods and Evidence

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  • David Mark Dror

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The following sections are included:Data for the study were collected from three sources: a baseline study of 2,008 households, results of simulations, and actual results of the schemes.The prospective insurance beneficiaries designed the benefits package themselves through a game-like simulation method called CHAT.A novel alternative method to proxy WTP for health insurance estimated WTP as 4.5% of mean food expenditure.

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  • David Mark Dror, 2018. "Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance Among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Financing Micro Health Insurance Theory, Methods and Evidence, chapter 18, pages 365-393, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Kunwar, Samrat B. & Bohara, Alok K. & Thacher, Jennifer, 2020. "Public preference for river restoration in the Danda Basin, Nepal: A choice experiment study," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).

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    Keywords

    Microinsurance; Micro Health Insurance; Health Insurance; Community-Based Health Insurance; CBHI; Demand for Health Insurance; Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance; Microinsurance Package Design; Implementation of CBHI; Business Case of Microinsurance;
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    JEL classification:

    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development

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