TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana
AU - Lavy, Victor
AU - Strauss, John
AU - Thomas, Duncan
AU - De Vreyer, Philippe
PY - 1996/6
Y1 - 1996/6
N2 - This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The results suggest an important role for public health policy in eliminating the rural-urban disparities in health status and particularly in improving the hearth status of rural children and reducing their mortality rates. Increased availability of birth services and other related child programs, as well as improved water and sanitation infrastructure would have an immediate payoff.
AB - This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The results suggest an important role for public health policy in eliminating the rural-urban disparities in health status and particularly in improving the hearth status of rural children and reducing their mortality rates. Increased availability of birth services and other related child programs, as well as improved water and sanitation infrastructure would have an immediate payoff.
KW - Child anthropometric
KW - Food prices
KW - Quality of health services
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U2 - 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00021-6
DO - 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00021-6
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C2 - 10159445
AN - SCOPUS:0030153573
SN - 0167-6296
VL - 15
SP - 333
EP - 357
JO - Journal of Health Economics
JF - Journal of Health Economics
IS - 3
ER -
