Impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance affiliation on mortality in children under one year: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2010-2022 in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance (CHI) coverage on mortality in children under 1 year of age in the Peruvian population from 2010 to 2022. Additionally, the study evaluated how CHI affects infant mortality according to wealth quintiles in the Peruvian population.

Methods

A causal inference analysis with observational data was applied, employing propensity score matching. Participants included children under 1 year of age, surveyed through the National Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) from 2010 to 2022. Variables measured included CHI affiliation and death in children under 1 year. Methods such as inverse probability weighting adjusted by regression, Average Treatment Effect on the Treated (ATET) estimation, and endogeneity test wer

SUBMITTER: Espinola-Sanchez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11798800 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature