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Cost of illness studies on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health : a systematic literature review
Saha, Sanjib; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - In: Health economics review 3 (2013) 24, pp. 1-12
Background: The term “reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)” describes an integrated continuum of health states which is central to Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. While the burden of mortality and morbidity associated with RMNCH is well known, knowledge is still...
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Income, health, and the value of preserving options
Kreier, Rachel; Sengupta, Bhaswati - In: Atlantic economic journal : AEJ 43 (2015) 4, pp. 431-448
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Biting back at malaria : assessing health‐service providers' compliance with treatment guidelines
Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - In: Review of development economics 21 (2017) 3, pp. 591-626
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Mergers and birth outcomes : evidence from maternity ward closures
Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2018
Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a...
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Biting back at malaria : self-medication, traditional healers, and the public sector
Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Reichert, Arndt R. - 2013
Malaria kills about 1,500 children every day. Based on the Demographic and Health Surveys, we examine malaria treatment practices of various health care providers in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 90 percent of the world’s deaths due to malaria occur. To assess the quality of each health...
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Human welfare in North Korea
Schwekendiek, Daniel - 2007
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The long-term health effects of fetal malnutrition : evidence from the 1959 - 1961 China great leap forward famine
Kim, Seonghoon; Fleisher, Belton M.; Sun, Jessica Ya - 2015
We report evidence of long-term adverse health impacts of in utero exposure to malnutrition based on survivors in their … Origin Hypothesis. We find that fetal exposure to malnutrition has large and long-lasting impacts on both physical health and … measures of mental acuity. Our findings on the health impacts of fetal malnutrition on middle-age survivors suggest that it …
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The measurement of food insecurity among children : review of literature and concept note
Fram, Maryah S.; Bernal, Jennifer; Frongillo, Edward A. - 2015
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Impact of caregiver incentives on child health : evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in Indi
Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016
This paper provides evidence of effectiveness for performance pay among government caregivers to improve child health in India. In a controlled study of 160 daycare centers serving over 4,000 children, we randomly assign individual workers to receive either fixed bonuses or incentive payments...
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The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition
Kimenju, Simon C.; Qaim, Matin - 2014
We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that …
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