ArticleDemography2018
Health Insurance and the Aging: Evidence From the Seguro Popular Program in Mexico.
Article in Demography, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of the literature on the impact of the Seguro Popular.Health research policy and systems · 2022Pooled it
- Publication Trends, Thematic Clusters and Governance in Ageing-Insurance Research: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
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- Why expanding public health insurance coverage is not enough to provide effective ambulatory care: policy lessons from Mexico, 2000-2022.Journal of public health policy · 2025Article
- The association between becoming uninsured and forgoing medical care among middle-aged and older adults in Mexico with chronic health conditions.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Trends and determinants of healthcare-induced poverty in China 2013-2019.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
- Economic Disadvantage During Childhood, Obesity, and Diabetes Across Three Birth Cohorts of Older Mexicans.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Population-level trends in self-reported healthcare utilization among older adults in Mexico with and without cognitive impairment.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Does a Reduction in Receiving Assistance With Daily Activities Among Older Adults in Mexico Indicate An Increase in Unmet Needs or a Decrease in Needs for Care?The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- The Influence of Education and Occupation Type on Birth Cohort Differences in Cognitive Function of Mexican Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Equity in out-of-pocket health expenditure: Evidence from a health insurance program reform in Mexico.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Relationship between Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index and Aging.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Determinants of retirement of formal and informal sector workers in Mexico: the role of health and economic security.Salud publica de Mexico · 2023Article
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- Migration, work, and retirement: the case of Mexican-origin populations.Journal of pension economics & finance · 2023Article
- Using health policy and systems research to influence national health policies: lessons from Mexico, Cambodia and Ghana.Health policy and planning · 2023Review
- Differences in the Cognitive Function of Mexican Adults Aged 60 and Older with Self-Reported Diabetes in 2001 and 2018.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- Health Shocks and Economic Well-being of the Aging Population: Evidence from Mexico.Journal of population ageing · 2022Article
- Effective access to health care in Mexico.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- A comparison of rural-urban differences in out-of-pocket expenses among older Mexicans with diabetes.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Aimed at covering the large fraction of workers in the informal sector without access to a social security program, the Mexican public health insurance program Seguro Popular began in 2002 and now reaches more than 50 million individuals. We estimate impacts of Seguro Popular for the population aged 50 and older on a set of indicators related to health care including utilization, diagnostic/preventive tests, and treatment conditional on being ill. Using the longitudinal Mexican Health and Aging Study over the period 2001-2012, we conduct before and after difference-in-difference matching impact estimators. Our results suggest large and important effects of the Program on utilization and diagnostic tests. We find overall smaller effects on the probability of being in treatment for individuals with chronic diseases, but these effects are concentrated in rural areas with relatively more health services versus rural areas with lower levels of health services. These results suggest that, to the extent that health services become more available in rural areas lacking services, effects of health insurance may increase.
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