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
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
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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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14806

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

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