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Analysis on the equity differential on household healthcare financing in developing countries : empirical evidence from Tanzania, East Africa
Kitole, Felician Andrew; Lihawa, Robert Michael; Mkuna, … - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11
explore the Tanzania Panel Survey (NPS) data 2019/2020, to investigate equity diferential in household healthcare fnancing in … Tanzania by the use of conventional instrumental variable methods of Two-stage and Three-stage least square methods Results …: Despite the global agenda of universal health coverage, this paper reveals that 86 percent of Tanzania lacks health insurance …
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Supply-side factors influencing demand for facility-based delivery in Tanzania : a multilevel analysis
Binyaruka, Peter; Foss, Anna; Alibrahim, Abdullah; … - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-12
access to facility-based delivery care. We aimed to fll this knowledge gap using data from Tanzania. Methods We used data … women who had given births in the last 12 months before the survey across 11 districts in three regions in Tanzania. The …
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Socioeconomic determinants of use of reproductive health services in Ghana
Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon; Abor, Patience Aseweh - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 9, pp. 1-15
Background: The study examines trends in the consumption of reproductive health services (use of modern contraceptives, health facility deliveries, assisted deliveries, first trimester antenatal visit and 4+ antenatal visits) and their determinants using four rounds of Ghana Demographic and...
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Designing a package of sexual and reproductive health and HIV outreach services to meet the heterogeneous preferences of young people in Malawi : results from a discrete choice exp...
Michaels-Igbokwe, Christine; Lagarde, Mylene; Cairns, John - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 9, pp. 1-19
Background: This article examines young people's preferences for integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services in rural Malawi. Different hypothetical configurations for outreach services are presented using a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). Responses are analysed using Random Parameters...
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Food environment and childhood obesity : the effect of dollar stores
Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Nayga, Rodolfo M.; Rouse, Heather L. - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 37, pp. 1-13
In this paper we examine the effect of dollar stores on children's Body Mass Index (BMI). We use a dataset compiled by the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement that reflects a BMI screening program for public school children in the state of Arkansas. We combine propensity score matching with...
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Family income and body mass index : what have we learned from China
Asiseh, Fafanyo; Yao, Jianfeng - In: Health economics review 6 (2016) 52, pp. 1-10
increases. We use a nationally representative longitudinal data from China, the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS), to …
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Effect of timely initiation of breastfeeding on child health in Ghana
Fosu-Brefo, Rita; Arthur, Eric - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 8, pp. 1-8
Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding practices have been argued to be one of the important ways of ensuring child health. Unfortunately, owing to modernization, most nursing mothers fail to adhere to such practices. This is believed to be a factor...
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Would you test for 5000 Shillings? : HIV risk and willingness to accept HIV testing in Tanzania
Ostermann, Jan; Brown, Derek S.; Mühlbacher, Axel; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 24, pp. 1-11
population sample and among two high-risk populations in Moshi, Tanzania. Methods: In total, 721 individuals, including randomly …: More than one quarter of participants (196; 27 %) stated they would be willing to test for Tanzania Shilling (TSH) 2000 …
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Cost of dialysis in Tanzania : evidence from the provider's perspective
Mushi, Lawrencia; Krohn, Markus; Fleßa, Steffen - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 28, pp. 1-10
known about the cost of providing the respective dialysis services in Tanzania. This paper estimates the costs of dialysis … for ESRD patients at Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) in Tanzania in the year 2014. Methods: Cost calculations are based … obtained from the price list issued by the Medical Stores Department (MSD) in Tanzania. Additional data were collected through …
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The role of risk preferences : voluntary health insurance in rural Tanzania
Kagaigai, Alphoncina; Grepperud, Sverre - In: Health economics review 13 (2023) 1, pp. 1-15
Background Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a common goal to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through voluntary health insurance schemes. This is important to improve access to healthcare services and ensure fnancial protection for all by reducing out-of-pocket expenditures....
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