FREE HEALTH CAREANDCHILD HEALTH INKENYA

Abstract

This article examines the impacts of free health care policy on child health. To assess the effects of interest, we
utilize the provision of free health care in Kenya, which began in June 2013.We discovered that children who were
exposed to the free health care intervention were healthier than those who were not. In particular,children exposed to
the free health care intervention grow 0.223standard deviations taller for their age, weigh 0.198 standard deviations
more for their age, and weigh 0.226 standard deviations more for their height. The resultssuggest that shifting
toward free health care system could beespecially beneficial for children.