Table 2

Difference-in-differences estimates of the impact of benefits expansion in insurance coverage for Green Card on annualised out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures (sample of households with positive spending, in Turkish Lira)

OutcomeTreatment effectObservations
(1)(2)(3)
Doctor visit−9.660 (66.120)−8.496 (65.700)4987
Dentist−177.900 (251.484)−138.696 (260.676)985
Diagnostic−160.140 (332.448)−169.704 (341.676)1112
Household pharmaceutical medical spending−26.028* (16.38)−26.856* (16.428)20 266
Household total medical expenditures−88.056*** (37.296)−82.260** (37.320)23 245
Compare declines above with:
Mean total household medical spending413.064
Total decline as per cent of total per-household medical spending20
X variablesNoYes
  • Authors’ analysis of Turkey Household Budget Surveys: 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Robust SEs are in parentheses. *10%, **5%, ***1% in a one-tail t-test. See the notes in table 1.