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Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys

Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, the author investigates th...

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Main Author: Wang, Limin
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
AGGREGATE LEVEL
ANTENATAL CARE
ASSET INDEX
AVERAGE LEVEL
BREASTFEEDING
CAUSATION
CENSUS DATA
CHILD NUTRITION
COMPONENT ANALYSIS
COUNTRY LEVEL
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DATA SET
DATA SOURCES
DEATHS
DESIGNING POLICIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXPENDITURE DATA
EXPENDITURE INFORMATION
EXPENDITURE VARIABLE
EXPENDITURES
HEALTH DETERMINANTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH NEEDS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEY
HEALTH SURVEYS
HETEROSCEDASTICITY
HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMMUNIZATION
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME QUINTILES
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIVING STANDARD
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MATRICES
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION APPROACH
NATIONAL LEVEL
NUTRITION
NUTRITION STATUS
OUTLIERS
POLICY ACTIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY OPTIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POOR PEOPLE
POPULATION SIZE
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY FOCUS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIO
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RELIABILITY
RESEARCH FINDINGS
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POPULATION
SAMPLE SIZE
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
STANDARD ERRORS
TIME SERIES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
VACCINATION
WEALTH INDEX HEALTH POLICY
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION
CHILD MORTALITY
INEQUITY
RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
ELECTRICITY
PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE
GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
MORTALITY RATES
MORTALITY DECLINE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/1775830/health-outcomes-poor-countries-policy-options-empirical-findings-demographic-health-surveys
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14806
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Summary:Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, the author investigates the determinants of health outcomes in low-income countries both at the national level, and for rural and urban areas separately. DHS data from more than 60 low-income countries between 1990 and 1999 reveal two interesting observations. First is the negative association between the level and inequality in child mortality. Second is the significant gap in child mortality between urban and rural areas, with the rural population having a much slower reduction in mortality compared with the urban population. Given that the poor are mainly concentrated in rural areas, the evidence suggests that health interventions implemented in the past decade may not have been as effective as intended in reaching the poor. The empirical findings in this study consolidate results from earlier studies and add new evidence. the author finds that at the national level access to electricity, vaccination in the first year of life, and public health expenditure can significantly reduce child mortality. The electricity effect is shown to be independent of income. In urban areas only access to electricity has a significant health impact, while in rural areas increasing vaccination coverage is important for mortality reduction.

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