کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
962182 929999 2007 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effects of infertility insurance mandates on fertility
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effects of infertility insurance mandates on fertility
چکیده انگلیسی
Infertility currently affects over 6 million individuals in the United States. While most health insurance plans nationwide do not cover infertility diagnoses or treatments, to date 15 states have enacted some form of infertility insurance mandate. In this paper, I use data from the Vital Statistics Detail Natality Data and Census population estimates to examine whether these state-level mandates were successful in increasing fertility rates. Using a difference-in-differences approach, I exploit variation in the enactment of mandates both across states and over time, and identify treatment and control groups that should have been differentially affected by infertility coverage. My results suggest that the mandates significantly increase first birth rates for women over 35, and these results are robust to a number of specification tests.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 26, Issue 3, 1 May 2007, Pages 431-446
نویسندگان
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