Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa
The author empirically explores the relationship between household poverty and the incidence and treatment of fever--as an indicator of malaria--among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. He uses household Demographic and Health Survey data collected in...
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okr-10986-148472021-04-23T14:03:19Z Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa Filmer, Deon ALGORITHMS ASSET INDEX AVERAGE LEVEL AVERAGE POVERTY AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING BIRTHS CALCULATION CAPITA GROWTH CHEST X-RAY CLINICS COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEATHS DUMMY VARIABLES EXPENDITURE QUINTILES FEVER GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS GIRLS HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSING INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFECTIOUS DISEASES LOCAL LEVEL LONG-RUN INCOME MALARIA MEASLES MEASURING POVERTY MORTALITY MOTHERS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION NATIONAL LEVEL NUTRITION PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY LINE PPP PROBABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO RURAL AREAS SAMPLE DESIGN SAMPLE SIZE STANDARD APPROACHES STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WEALTH INDEX WEALTH RANKINGS WEIGHTING SCHEME WORKERS MALARIA FEVER POVERTY HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH & HYGIENE & THE POOR CHILD HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HOSPITALS PRIVATE HEALTH CARE WEALTH RANKING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS DISEASE TREATMENT The author empirically explores the relationship between household poverty and the incidence and treatment of fever--as an indicator of malaria--among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. He uses household Demographic and Health Survey data collected in the 1990s from 22 countries in which malaria is prevalent. The analysis reveals a positive, but weak, association between reported fever and poverty. The geographic association becomes insignificant, however, after controlling for the mother's education. There is some evidence that higher levels of wealth in other households in the cluster in which the household lives are associated with lower levels of reported fever in Eastern and Southern Africa. Poverty and the type of care sought for an episode of fever are significantly associated: wealthier households are substantially more likely to seek care in the modern health sector. In Central and Western Africa those from richer households are more likely to seek care from all types of sources: government hospitals, lower-level public facilities such as health clinics, as well as private sources. In Eastern and Southern Africa the rich are primarily more likely to seek care from private facilities. In both regions there is substantial use of private facilities--use that increases with wealth. Like the incidence of fever, treatment-seeking behavior is strongly associated with the level of wealth in the cluster in which the child lives. 2013-08-06T20:53:33Z 2013-08-06T20:53:33Z 2002-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14847 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.2798 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 Africa |
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ALGORITHMS ASSET INDEX AVERAGE LEVEL AVERAGE POVERTY AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING BIRTHS CALCULATION CAPITA GROWTH CHEST X-RAY CLINICS COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEATHS DUMMY VARIABLES EXPENDITURE QUINTILES FEVER GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS GIRLS HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSING INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFECTIOUS DISEASES LOCAL LEVEL LONG-RUN INCOME MALARIA MEASLES MEASURING POVERTY MORTALITY MOTHERS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION NATIONAL LEVEL NUTRITION PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY LINE PPP PROBABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO RURAL AREAS SAMPLE DESIGN SAMPLE SIZE STANDARD APPROACHES STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WEALTH INDEX WEALTH RANKINGS WEIGHTING SCHEME WORKERS MALARIA FEVER POVERTY HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH & HYGIENE & THE POOR CHILD HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HOSPITALS PRIVATE HEALTH CARE WEALTH RANKING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS DISEASE TREATMENT |
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ALGORITHMS ASSET INDEX AVERAGE LEVEL AVERAGE POVERTY AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING BIRTHS CALCULATION CAPITA GROWTH CHEST X-RAY CLINICS COMMUNITY SURVEY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEATHS DUMMY VARIABLES EXPENDITURE QUINTILES FEVER GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS GIRLS HEALTH CENTER HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HOUSING INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFECTIOUS DISEASES LOCAL LEVEL LONG-RUN INCOME MALARIA MEASLES MEASURING POVERTY MORTALITY MOTHERS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION NATIONAL LEVEL NUTRITION PARENTS PATIENTS PHYSICIANS POLICY RESEARCH POOR COUNTRIES POVERTY LINE PPP PROBABILITY PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO RURAL AREAS SAMPLE DESIGN SAMPLE SIZE STANDARD APPROACHES STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS WEALTH INDEX WEALTH RANKINGS WEIGHTING SCHEME WORKERS MALARIA FEVER POVERTY HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH & HYGIENE & THE POOR CHILD HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HOSPITALS PRIVATE HEALTH CARE WEALTH RANKING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS DISEASE TREATMENT Filmer, Deon Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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The author empirically explores the
relationship between household poverty and the incidence and
treatment of fever--as an indicator of malaria--among
children in Sub-Saharan Africa. He uses household
Demographic and Health Survey data collected in the 1990s
from 22 countries in which malaria is prevalent. The
analysis reveals a positive, but weak, association between
reported fever and poverty. The geographic association
becomes insignificant, however, after controlling for the
mother's education. There is some evidence that higher
levels of wealth in other households in the cluster in which
the household lives are associated with lower levels of
reported fever in Eastern and Southern Africa. Poverty and
the type of care sought for an episode of fever are
significantly associated: wealthier households are
substantially more likely to seek care in the modern health
sector. In Central and Western Africa those from richer
households are more likely to seek care from all types of
sources: government hospitals, lower-level public facilities
such as health clinics, as well as private sources. In
Eastern and Southern Africa the rich are primarily more
likely to seek care from private facilities. In both regions
there is substantial use of private facilities--use that
increases with wealth. Like the incidence of fever,
treatment-seeking behavior is strongly associated with the
level of wealth in the cluster in which the child lives. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Filmer, Deon |
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Filmer, Deon |
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Filmer, Deon |
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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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fever and its treatment among the more and less poor in sub-saharan africa |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14847 |
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