Efectos heterogéneos y distributivos del Seguro Popular sobre la oferta de servicios de salud en México (original) (raw)

We analyze the effects that the expansion of Seguro Popular (SP), Mexico’s universal health insurance program, has had on the human and material resources needed to meet the new demand. Unlike previous evaluations, we use Sanitary Jurisdictions (SJs) as units of analysis and operationalize SP’s intervention as a continuous treatment indicator (relative number of recipients). Estimates using a variety of propensity score approaches suggest that, on the average, SP has effectively had a positive impact on Mexico’s health resources. However, quantile and interaction treatment effects suggest that the program may be leaving behind some of the most vulnerable geographical areas.