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Table 3 Summary results of effect of health insurance on OOPE, expenditure, CE and poverty

From: Can health insurance protect against out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditures and also support poverty reduction? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

 

OOPE

CE

POVERTY

 

Coefficient

Probability†

Coefficient

ME

Coefficient

ME

IV estimates

      

2-Stage Least Squares

−1.984**

−0.862

    

2-Stage Residual Inclusion

  

−0.637***

−0.031

−0.225***

−0.075

  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01: ME-marginal effects; †calculated as (eβ-1): effect of dummy variable in a semi-logarithmic equations where β is the regression coefficient
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International Journal for Equity in Health

ISSN: 1475-9276

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