Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa
For health outcomes, is poverty destiny? The authors explore this question for life expectancy in Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with income, but where the link is far from uniform. The key variables associated with good he...
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okr-10986-195582021-04-23T14:03:43Z Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa McCarthy, F. Desmond Wolf, Holger BLINDNESS CLEAN WATER COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY SIZE CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DIVIDENDS DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GNP HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL BEDS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR DEMAND LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MEASLES MEDIAN INCOME MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MEDICINES MILITARY EXPENDITURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLIO POLLUTION POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SERVICE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE For health outcomes, is poverty destiny? The authors explore this question for life expectancy in Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with income, but where the link is far from uniform. The key variables associated with good health outcomes (controlling for health expenditures) are access rates - to health services, to clean water and sanitation, and to education, particularly for women. Health expenditure, either as percentage of GNP or per capita, is not a good predictor of health outcomes (endogeneity aside). The tenuous link among health expenditures, health service outputs, and health outcomes suggests marked differences in the mapping from spending to services and from services to outcomes. While few conclusions can be drawn on the aggregate level, the patterns raise questions about what share of public expenditure should be devoted to preventive as opposed to curative measures, and the relative importance of sanitation infrastructure versus traditional health care. 2014-08-21T17:04:17Z 2014-08-21T17:04:17Z 2001-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561504/comparative-life-expectancy-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19558 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2668 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa |
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BLINDNESS CLEAN WATER COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY SIZE CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DIVIDENDS DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GNP HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL BEDS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR DEMAND LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MEASLES MEDIAN INCOME MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MEDICINES MILITARY EXPENDITURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLIO POLLUTION POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SERVICE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE |
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BLINDNESS CLEAN WATER COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY SIZE CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENCES IN INCOME DIVIDENDS DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FINANCIAL RESOURCES GNP HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH DETERMINANTS HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITAL BEDS ILLITERACY IMMUNIZATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME SHARE INCOMES INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE LABOR DEMAND LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MALNUTRITION MEASLES MEDIAN INCOME MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY MEDICINES MILITARY EXPENDITURES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATES NUTRITION PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLIO POLLUTION POOR COUNTRIES POOR GROWTH POPULATION SHARE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SERVICE DELIVERY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE McCarthy, F. Desmond Wolf, Holger Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2668 |
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For health outcomes, is poverty destiny?
The authors explore this question for life expectancy in
Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with
income, but where the link is far from uniform. The key
variables associated with good health outcomes (controlling
for health expenditures) are access rates - to health
services, to clean water and sanitation, and to education,
particularly for women. Health expenditure, either as
percentage of GNP or per capita, is not a good predictor of
health outcomes (endogeneity aside). The tenuous link among
health expenditures, health service outputs, and health
outcomes suggests marked differences in the mapping from
spending to services and from services to outcomes. While
few conclusions can be drawn on the aggregate level, the
patterns raise questions about what share of public
expenditure should be devoted to preventive as opposed to
curative measures, and the relative importance of sanitation
infrastructure versus traditional health care. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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McCarthy, F. Desmond Wolf, Holger |
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McCarthy, F. Desmond Wolf, Holger |
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McCarthy, F. Desmond |
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Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa |
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comparative life expectancy in africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561504/comparative-life-expectancy-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19558 |
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