对医疗补助和重复犯罪的福利分析
Erkmen G Aslim1, Murat C Mungan2, Han Yu3
1Department of Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Health economics
|July 15, 2024
概括
为前囚犯提供医疗补助对社会有显著的好处,每花费1美元就会产生3.45至10.62美元的社会福利. 这种公共医疗保险可以减少犯罪,改善生活.
科学领域:
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 对于以前被监禁的人来说,获得医疗补助是一个关键的公共卫生和刑事司法问题.
- 了解这些政策的经济影响对于基于证据的政策制定至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 估计公共资金 (MVPF) 的边际价值,用于为离开监狱的囚犯提供医疗补助.
- 量化与此政策相关的社会效益和政府成本.
主要方法:
- 利用差异差异方法分析医疗补助扩展对再监禁率的影响.
- 通过将社会福利 (减少犯罪,改善健康,就业) 与政府成本进行比较来计算MVPF.
主要成果:
- 对于退出囚犯的医疗补助每花费1美元,就会产生3.45至10.62美元的社会福利.
- 医疗补助计划的扩张发现,每年重新监禁率降低了约11.5%.
结论:
- 为前囚犯提供医疗补助是一项具有成本效益的政策,通过减少犯罪而带来大量间接利益.
- 这种公共卫生干预提供了显著的社会优势,超出了直接的医疗保健改进.
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