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Illness and Choice of Treatment in Urban and Rural Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of Economics

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Title Illness and Choice of Treatment in Urban and Rural Ethiopia
 
Creator Gurmu, S
Tesfu, St
 
Description Using large data set from a nationally representative sample of households and discrete choice models, we examine the effect of access to roads, transport and liquidity on seeking treatment for illness and health care provider choice in urban and rural Ethiopia. The results indicate that access to roads and public transport are important determinants of the decision to seek treatment for illness by the rural residents. We also find evidence that distance to all weather road, access to public transport and access to liquidityhave a strong effect on the utilization of private healthcare facilities. The significance of distance to all weather roads in healthcare utilization isespecially appealing in terms of policy design because it implies that construction of multi-purpose road networks can compensate for the absenceof healthcare facilities in the proximity.Keywords: Illness; healthcare choice; accessibility; liquidity constraint; discrete choice models; sample selection
 
Publisher Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA), 1997
 
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Date 2013-01-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/84221
10.4314/eje.v20i2.
 
Source Ethiopian Journal of Economics; Vol 20, No 2 (2011); 29-62
1993-3681
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/84221/74232
 
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