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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

NCT number NCT00532181
Other study ID # CPHS Protocol 2007-3-48
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 0
First received September 18, 2007
Last updated September 19, 2007
Start date April 2008
Est. completion date December 2011

Study information

Verified date September 2007
Source University of California, Berkeley
Contact Rachel Polimeni, PhD Student Economics
Phone (510) 684 8507
Email polimeni@econ.berkeley.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.


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.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date December 2011
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Savings Behavior and Consumer's Approach to Risk


Locations

Country Name City State
Cambodia Sky Health Insurance Phenom Phen

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of California, Berkeley French Development Agency, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Cambodia, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Better Understand Health Utilization Behavior in Cambodia
Secondary Better Understand asset sales, investment and saving behaviors