1994
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/9.2.185
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The elasticity of demand for health care in Burkina Faso: differences across age and income groups

Abstract: Like many other developing countries, Burkina Faso has been exploring how community resources can be tapped to co-finance health services. Although revenue generation is important for the viability of health services, effects on utilization and on equity of access to health care must also be considered. The authors present a logistic regression model to derive price elasticities of demand for health care based on cross-sectional survey data. While demand for health care appears inelastic overall (-0.79), subgr… Show more

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“…Previous studies have reported an age bias in intra-household allocation of resources with adult members of the household, who could ensure household production, being given priority. [23][24][25] This investigation was beyond the scope of our study and we recommend that research concerning inequality of health care for children be undertaken in the study area given that Burkina Faso has very high childhood mortality. 15 Our results have shown that those with the greatest health needs gave low priority to health expenditure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies have reported an age bias in intra-household allocation of resources with adult members of the household, who could ensure household production, being given priority. [23][24][25] This investigation was beyond the scope of our study and we recommend that research concerning inequality of health care for children be undertaken in the study area given that Burkina Faso has very high childhood mortality. 15 Our results have shown that those with the greatest health needs gave low priority to health expenditure.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our elasticity estimates are broadly consistent with evidence from low and middle income countries. Lavy and Quigley (1993) estimate a price elasticity of inpatient care of -1.82 in Ghana in 1987 and the elasticity of both outpatient and inpatient care at public hospitals is often estimated to be around unitary or higher in magnitude (Gertler et al, 1987;Sauerborn et al, 1994;Sahn et al, 2003;Asfaw et al, 2004;Mocan et al, 2004). A recent study of Chile estimates elasticities of ambulatory care of around -2 but of close to zero for specific surgeries (Duarte, 2012).…”
Section: Data and Identification Strategymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While the majority of research reported inelastic demand (e.g. Sauerborn, Nougtara and Latimer 1994, Gertler, Locay and Sanderson 1987, Akin, Griffin, Guilkey and Papkin 1986, Heller 1982, there are some studies that found elastic demand for medical services (De Bethune, Alfani and Lahaye 1989, Yoder 1989, Chernichovsky and Meesook 1986. The bottom of Table 3 presents the price and income elasticities.…”
Section: Price and Income Effectsmentioning
confidence: 99%