Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia

• Tác giả: Md Nazmul Ahsan
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 336.59 Public finance
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 324313
• Chủ đề: 1. ADULT HUMAN CAPITAL; 2. BASIC HEALTH CARE; 3. MIDWIFE; 4. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; 5. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Tóm tắt

Access to primary care during early life can have substantial benefits in developing countries. This study evaluates the long-run impact of the Village Midwife Program in Indonesia. It utilizes the roll-out-variation of the program and link individual background and community characteristics in early childhood to adult outcomes in the Indonesian Family Life Survey. It finds that the presence of a midwife in a community in utero leads to an improvement in overall health, cognition, and economic outcomes among men, but not for women. Greater receipt of antenatal care and skilled birth-attendance could, in part, drive these results.