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Essays In Applied Microeconomics, Ege Aksu
Essays In Applied Microeconomics, Ege Aksu
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation consists of two chapters that investigate the effect of public health policies on health outcomes.
The first chapter evaluates the impact of the extensive health care reforms enacted between 2003–2013 under the Health Transformation Program (HTP) in Turkey on maternal and infant health outcomes for the poor. By focusing on a specific insurance program (Green Card) expansion that was a part of HTP, I explore changes in infant survival, fertility, and children’s vaccination status. Before 2004, all public health insurance beneficiaries (the control group) were covered for outpatient services, including prenatal and postnatal doctor visits, gestational diabetes screenings, …