over monetary outcomes. The goal of our experiment is to test whether these violations also affect the evaluation of health … choice behaviour, we can conclude that previously reported violations do not seem to bias health utility measurement. …

of immunization coverage in India using the recent National Family Health Survey data. Measurement of socioeconomic … inequalities in health and health care, and understanding the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions …, are critical for health intervention strategies and for achieving equity in health care. A decomposition approach is …

Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi … on birth weight. The results imply that infant health can be improved by using prenatal care adequately. The study calls … availability of skilled health care providers such as doctors and nurses at prenatal care clinics, reducing the average distances …

commercial plasma donation and estimates its negative health impacts in impoverished rural China using individual fixed effect … compensation, a majority of plasma donors are poor, and bear grave consequences of malnutrition and worse health status as a result …-rated health, a .54 SD lower self-rated health relative to peers in their age group, a .74 SD higher chance of being infected with …

Background: This study compared the methodological requirements for early health technology appraisal (HTA) by the … Federal Joint Committee/Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (G-BA/IQWiG; Germany) and the National Institute … for Health and Care Excellence (NICE; England). Methods: The following aspects were examined: guidance texts on …

question is how this new economic status has impacted on the wealth and health of her citizens. There is a dearth of empirical … study on the wealth distribution in Nigeria which could be important in explaining the general disparities in their health … in Nigeria collected during the 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS Plus 2). We used 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 contributory to poor child health in Ghana. Thus, this study investigated the effect … of timely initiation of breastfeeding on child health in Ghana. Methods: Cross sectional data using secondary data based …

The study investigates the effect of wealth on maternal health care utilization in Ghana via its effect on Antenatal … care use. Antenatal care serves as the initial point of contact of expectant mothers to maternal health care providers … before delivery. The study is pivoted on the introduction of the free maternal health care policy in April 2005 in Ghana with …

Background: Health care expenditure has been low over the years in developing regions of the world. A majority of … countries in these regions, especially sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rely on donor grants and loans to finance health care. Such … expenditures are not only unsustainable but also inadequate considering the enormous health care burden in the region. The …

Introduction: Self-assessed health (SAH) is a frequently used measure of individuals’ health status. It is also prone … to reporting heterogeneity. To control for reporting heterogeneity objective measures of true health need to be included … and the objective health measure is concretized, distinguishing effects of mental and physical health conditions. Methods …