Health Reform, Population Policy and Child Nutritional Status in China

Health Reform, Population Policy and Child Nutritional Status in China

This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in seven provinces of China during the 1990s, focusing specifically on the role of two areas of public policy, namely health system reforms and the one child policy. The empirical rel...

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Main Author:	Bredenkamp, Caryn
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY ANTENATAL CARE BICYCLES BIRTH CONTROL BREASTFEEDING BULLETIN CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHINESE POPULATION CITIES COMMON COLD COMMUNITY HEALTH COMPETENCIES CONTRACEPTION COST OF TRAVEL CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISEASE CONTROL ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTIVE ACTION EMPLOYMENT EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPENDITURES FAMILY-PLANNING METHODS FARMLAND FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN FINANCIAL PENALTIES FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICES FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISPARITIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH POLICY HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEM FINANCING HEALTH SYSTEM REFORM HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS INCOME GROWTH INFANTS INFLUENZA INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LABOR SUPPLY LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MATERNAL CARE MEDICINES MOTHER NATIONAL LEVEL NEIGHBORHOODS NUMBER OF ADULTS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRIC CARE PEDIATRICS POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION POLICY POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCIES PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS PUBLIC POLICY PUNITIVE MEASURES QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES RESPECT RURAL SAVINGS SERVICE PROVISION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVEL COSTS TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION USER FEES WALKING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9354384/health-reform-population-policy-child-nutritional-status-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6514

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