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The Effects of an ID Requirement for Health Insurance on Infants' Health Care Utilization and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Peru's Seguro Integral de Salud

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  • Sebastian Bauhoff

    (Center for Global Development)

  • Roxanne Oroxom

    (Center for Global Development)

Abstract

Many governments require individuals to prove their identity to qualify for public programs, which risks excluding beneficiaries who lack identification documents. We examine the effects of an ID requirement introduced in 2011 for Peru's national health insurance program Seguro Integral de Salud. Using a difference-in-differences design and repeated cross-sectional data from a national household survey covering births between 2008 and 2014, we find no measurable effect on service utilization or health outcomes among infants despite significant variation in ID ownership when the requirement went into effect. Possible reasons for the lack of effect include imperfect enforcement of the requirement and various government stop-gaps.

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  • Sebastian Bauhoff & Roxanne Oroxom, 2019. "The Effects of an ID Requirement for Health Insurance on Infants' Health Care Utilization and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Peru's Seguro Integral de Salud," Working Papers 514, Center for Global Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:cgd:wpaper:514
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    1. Miguel Ángel Carpio & Lucero Gómez & Pablo Lavado, 2021. "Does social health insurance spillover to student performance? Evidence from an RDD in Peru," Working Papers 178, Peruvian Economic Association.

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    Keywords

    identification; Peru; Latin America; health insurance;
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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
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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