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
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spelling	okr-10986-148062021-04-23T14:03:20Z Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys Wang, Limin 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 HEALTH SURVEYS CHILD MORTALITY INEQUITY RURAL HEALTH SERVICES ELECTRICITY VACCINATION PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY DECLINE 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. 2013-08-05T18:59:33Z 2013-08-05T18:59:33Z 2002-04 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2831 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	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 HEALTH SURVEYS CHILD MORTALITY INEQUITY RURAL HEALTH SERVICES ELECTRICITY VACCINATION PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY DECLINE
spellingShingle	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 HEALTH SURVEYS CHILD MORTALITY INEQUITY RURAL HEALTH SERVICES ELECTRICITY VACCINATION PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY DECLINE Wang, Limin Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No.2831
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Wang, Limin
author_facet	Wang, Limin
author_sort	Wang, Limin
title	Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
title_short	Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
title_full	Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
title_fullStr	Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
title_sort	health outcomes in poor countries and policy options : empirical findings from demographic and health surveys
publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
publishDate	2013
url	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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Health Outcomes in Poor Countries and Policy Options : Empirical Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys

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