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Subsidies, Information, and the Timing of Children’s Health Care in Mali

dc.contributor.authorBrown, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorSautmann, Anja
dc.contributor.authorDean, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-30T22:28:42Z
dc.date.available2020-11-30T22:28:42Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractSustained 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.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880531606763203323/Subsidies-Information-and-the-Timing-of-Children-s-Health-Care-in-Mali
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9486
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34841
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9486
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectACUTE HEALTHCARE
dc.subjectHEALTHCARE SUBSIDY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subjectACUTE ILLNESS
dc.titleSubsidies, Information, and the Timing of Children’s Health Care in Malien
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okr.crossref.titleSubsidies, Information, and the Timing of Children's Health Care in Mali
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:33:11.219533Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880531606763203323/Subsidies-Information-and-the-Timing-of-Children-s-Health-Care-in-Mali
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9486
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryMali
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okr.statistics.dr880531606763203323
okr.statistics.drstats3170
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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