Micro-Health Insurance in Cambodia

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.

Verified by University of California, Berkeley, September 2007

First Received: September 18, 2007 Last Updated: September 19, 2007 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of California, Berkeley French Development Agency (AFD) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Coleman Fung Risk Management Research Center
Information provided by:	University of California, Berkeley
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00532181

Purpose

People who buy insurance are sicker and/or more risk averse than those who don't. Also, Micro-health insurance increases utilization of public health care facilities and protects against asset sales.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Health Insurance Sale Health Utilization Asset Sales, Investment and Saving Behaviors	Behavioral: Savings Behavior and Consumer's Approach to Risk	Phase 0

MedlinePlus related topics: Health Insurance

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	A Randomized Control Trial of Micro-Health Insurance in Cambodia

Further study details as provided by University of California, Berkeley:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Better Understand Health Utilization Behavior in Cambodia

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Better Understand asset sales, investment and saving behaviors

Study Start Date:	April 2008
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2011

Detailed Description:

Randomly assign coupons giving a discounted price for insurance. Since coupon receipt is exogenous, use these coupons as an instrument for take-up of insurance.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Must be in a village where the health insurance program is being offered.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00532181

Contacts

Contact: Rachel Polimeni, PhD Student Economics

(510) 684 8507

polimeni@econ.berkeley.edu

Locations

Cambodia
Sky Health Insurance
Phenom Phen, Cambodia

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of California, Berkeley

French Development Agency (AFD)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Coleman Fung Risk Management Research Center

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

David Levine, PhD Econ

University of California, Berkeley

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	CPHS Protocol 2007-3-48
Study First Received:	September 18, 2007
Last Updated:	September 19, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00532181 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of California, Berkeley:

Health insurance
Health utilization rates
Saving Behavior
Risk aversion

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009