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| Klemick, Heather; Leonard, Kenneth L.; Masatu, Melkiory C.. |
| We examine the implications of health seeking behavior on access to quality health care using a unique dataset that combines a household survey from rural Tanzania with the location and quality of all health facilities available to households. Patients do not always visit the nearest facility, but choose from among multiple facilities, improving the quality of care they receive by bypassing low quality facilities. Recognizing this behavior alters the projected benefits to health interventions, reducing the value of focusing on the staff qualifications and increasing the value of focusing on travel time and the motivation of current staff. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6178 |
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| Hamermesh, Daniel S.. |
| Using the 2006-07 American Time Use Survey and its Eating and Health Module, I show that over half of adult Americans report grazing (secondary eating/drinking) on a typical day, with grazing time almost equaling primary eating/drinking time. An economic model predicts that higher wage rates (price of time) will lead to substitution of grazing for primary eating/drinking, especially by raising the number of grazing incidents relative to meals. This prediction is confirmed in these data. Eating meals more frequently is associated with lower BMI and better self-reported health, as is grazing more frequently. Food purchases are positively related to time spent eating—substitution of goods for time is difficult—but are lower when eating time is spread over... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Time use; Food; Obesity; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53888 |
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| Ndirangu, Lydia K.; Kimalu, Paul. |
| Although HIV/AIDS prevalence in Kenya has shown a downward trend in the recent years, it continues to impact negatively on agricultural production and food security in rural areas. The declining trends in crop production remain a challenge for development efforts. This study examines the extent to which AIDS has impacted on agricultural production, incomes and food security. Using a sample of 212 households, the study examines changes in welfare of households experiencing death and illness associated with HIV/AIDS condition. Poverty incidence and severity are observed to be higher among affected and non-affected households. The higher poverty levels among the affected cohort can partly be explained by lower crop and livestock production. In the absence... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9538 |
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| Yamano, Takashi; Jayne, Thomas S.. |
| The rapid increase in adult mortality due to the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa raises great concern about potential intergenerational effects on children. This article estimates the impact of AIDS-related adult mortality on primary school attendance in rural Kenya using a panel of 1,266 households surveyed in 1997, 2000, and 2002. The paper distinguishes between effects on boys’ and girls’ education to understand potential gender differences resulting from adult mortality. We also estimate how adult mortality affects child schooling before as well as after the death occurs. The paper also estimates the importance of households’ initial asset levels in influencing the relationship between adult mortality and child school attendance. We find that all... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS; Kenya; Education; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; O12; O15; J10; Q12. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55159 |
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