dc.contributor.author	Brown, Samuel
dc.contributor.author	Sautmann, Anja
dc.contributor.author	Dean, Mark
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-30T22:28:42Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-30T22:28:42Z
dc.date.issued	2020-11
dc.description.abstract	Sustained progress in reducing child mortality requires better care for children who are acutely ill. This paper studies how health care subsidies and health workers providing information on symptoms affect the overuse and underuse of primary care, which depend not just on absolute levels of demand, but also on whether care is received when the child is actually sick. In a randomized controlled trial of 1,768 children in Mali, the study collected a unique panel of nine weeks of daily symptom and health care use data to study the impact of each policy on demand conditional on need for care, as defined by World Health Organization standards. Subsidies substantially increase care when it is medically indicated, while overuse remains rare. Health worker visits have no aggregate effect on demand, but they may help the youngest children take advantage of the subsidy.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880531606763203323/Subsidies-Information-and-the-Timing-of-Children-s-Health-Care-in-Mali
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-9486
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/34841
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9486
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	ACUTE HEALTHCARE
dc.subject	HEALTHCARE SUBSIDY
dc.subject	COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	ACUTE ILLNESS
dc.title	Subsidies, Information, and the Timing of Children’s Health Care in Mali	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Subsidies, Information, and the Timing of Children's Health Care in Mali
okr.date.disclosure	2020-11-30
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-10T11:33:11.219533Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880531606763203323/Subsidies-Information-and-the-Timing-of-Children-s-Health-Care-in-Mali
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-9486
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	32621705
okr.identifier.report	WPS9486
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880531606763203323/pdf/Subsidies-Information-and-the-Timing-of-Children-s-Health-Care-in-Mali.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Africa Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.country	Mali
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okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.unit	Development Research Group, Development Economics
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