Is prenatal care really ineffective? Or, is the ‘devil’ in the distribution?

Conway, Karen Smith; Deb, Partha

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2004.09.012

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“…The sample is deemed as a mixture of populations rather than a single one (Everitt and Hand 1981;Conway and Deb 2005). The mixed probability density function…”

Section: Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature

Zhou¹,

Yu²

2014

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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“…The sample is deemed as a mixture of populations rather than a single one (Everitt and Hand 1981;Conway and Deb 2005). The mixed probability density function…”

Section: Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Then we use the FMM to identify the structural changes of the elasticities in response to income change, with an assumption of mixture of two behavioral patterns. Such a method has been applied in health economics literature, for instance, when identifying the effectiveness of prenatal care (Conway and Deb 2005).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature

Zhou¹,

Yu²

2014

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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“…2 However, previous empirical findings have been mixed. 3 This is likely due to the benefits of prenatal care accruing primarily to women with complicated pregnancies with most normal pregnancies unaffected by prenatal checkups (Conway and Deb 2005). Furthermore, the medical literature has not consistently found prenatal care to be effective at preventing preterm birth (IOM 2007).…”

Section: Empirical Modelmentioning

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A Decomposition of the Black-White Differential in Birth Outcomes

Pitts

Walker

Armour³

2011

SSRN Journal

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“…More consensuses have been attained on the effect of the onset of prenatal care. Warner (1995), Liu (1998) and Smith Conway et. al.…”

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The Impact of Adequate Prenatal Care in a Developing Country: Testing the WHO Recommendations

Gajate-Garrido¹

2011

SSRN Journal

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Deficient birth outcomes entail greater mortality risks, and higher probabilities of poor future health. This study is the first statistical examination of the effect of the World Health Organization's recommended number of prenatal care visits for developing countries on birth outcomes. This study accounts for the endogenous nature of prenatal care decisions by using an instrumental variables approach based on the accessibility of prenatal services. Using the CLHN Survey I construct a measure of prenatal care which involves both timing and intensity and that shows positive impacts for the combination of both. The results are highly robust to changes in measures of birth outcome but are only significant for urban areas. The lack of impact on rural areas could be due to the inferior quality of prenatal care services received there. This theory is corroborated when controlling directly for care quality.

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Is prenatal care really ineffective? Or, is the ‘devil’ in the distribution?

Cited by 110 publications

References 31 publications

Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature

Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics: Evidence from the Literature

A Decomposition of the Black-White Differential in Birth Outcomes

The Impact of Adequate Prenatal Care in a Developing Country: Testing the WHO Recommendations

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