Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique

The paper recasts light on the linkage between transport infrastructure and human capital development. Health care access is an important challenge in many developing countries. In particular in remote rural areas, it is not easy to access good qua...

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Main Author:	Iimi, Atsushi
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ROADS RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY PROBABILITY REGRESSION ESTIMATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460631625228254580/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Improved-Roads-on-Access-to-Health-Care-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35913

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spelling	okr-10986-359132021-07-16T05:11:19Z Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique Iimi, Atsushi ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ROADS RURAL ROADS TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY PROBABILITY REGRESSION ESTIMATION The paper recasts light on the linkage between transport infrastructure and human capital development. Health care access is an important challenge in many developing countries. In particular in remote rural areas, it is not easy to access good quality health care services. Among others, transport connectivity is often an important constraint. The paper estimates the impact of transport connectivity on access to health care services in Mozambique, especially focused on people’s decision about whether they visit and ask for advice at a health facility if they have a fever. This is a critical question in Mozambique where malaria is still a life-threatening disease. About three-quarters of the total population does not have access to health facilities by walking. The paper shows that transport connectivity to health facilities is a significant determinant of people’s health care access. Owning transport means, such as a bike or a motorcycle, is also instrumental to promoting people’s access to health care. The rich are more likely to benefit from health care services, suggesting a need for other complementary policies, such as a health care subsidy and insurance, to improve health care accessibility. 2021-07-15T13:14:29Z 2021-07-15T13:14:29Z 2021-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460631625228254580/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Improved-Roads-on-Access-to-Health-Care-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35913 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9726 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Mozambique
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9726
description	The paper recasts light on the linkage between transport infrastructure and human capital development. Health care access is an important challenge in many developing countries. In particular in remote rural areas, it is not easy to access good quality health care services. Among others, transport connectivity is often an important constraint. The paper estimates the impact of transport connectivity on access to health care services in Mozambique, especially focused on people’s decision about whether they visit and ask for advice at a health facility if they have a fever. This is a critical question in Mozambique where malaria is still a life-threatening disease. About three-quarters of the total population does not have access to health facilities by walking. The paper shows that transport connectivity to health facilities is a significant determinant of people’s health care access. Owning transport means, such as a bike or a motorcycle, is also instrumental to promoting people’s access to health care. The rich are more likely to benefit from health care services, suggesting a need for other complementary policies, such as a health care subsidy and insurance, to improve health care accessibility.
format	Working Paper
author	Iimi, Atsushi
author_facet	Iimi, Atsushi
author_sort	Iimi, Atsushi
title	Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
title_short	Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
title_full	Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
title_fullStr	Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
title_sort	estimating the impact of improved roads on access to health care : evidence from mozambique
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460631625228254580/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Improved-Roads-on-Access-to-Health-Care-Evidence-from-Mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35913
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Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique

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