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Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care: Evidence from Mozambique

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dc.contributor.authorIimi, Atsushi
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-15T13:14:29Z
dc.date.available2021-07-15T13:14:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractThe paper recasts light on the linkage between transport infrastructure and human capital development. Health care access is an important challenge in many developing countries. In particular in remote rural areas, it is not easy to access good quality health care services. Among others, transport connectivity is often an important constraint. The paper estimates the impact of transport connectivity on access to health care services in Mozambique, especially focused on people’s decision about whether they visit and ask for advice at a health facility if they have a fever. This is a critical question in Mozambique where malaria is still a life-threatening disease. About three-quarters of the total population does not have access to health facilities by walking. The paper shows that transport connectivity to health facilities is a significant determinant of people’s health care access. Owning transport means, such as a bike or a motorcycle, is also instrumental to promoting people’s access to health care. The rich are more likely to benefit from health care services, suggesting a need for other complementary policies, such as a health care subsidy and insurance, to improve health care accessibility.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460631625228254580/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Improved-Roads-on-Access-to-Health-Care-Evidence-from-Mozambique
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9726
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35913
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9726
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY
dc.subjectPROBABILITY REGRESSION ESTIMATION
dc.titleEstimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Careen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Mozambiqueen
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okr.crossref.titleEstimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care: Evidence from Mozambique
okr.date.disclosure2021-07-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:19:28.112154Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/460631625228254580/Estimating-the-Impact-of-Improved-Roads-on-Access-to-Health-Care-Evidence-from-Mozambique
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9726
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0887a1cc6_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33246436
okr.identifier.reportWPS9726
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMozambique
okr.topicTransport::Roads & Highways
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Roads & Transport
okr.unitTransport Global Practice
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