Health Care Decisions as a Family Matter: Intrahousehold Education Externalities and the Utilization of Health Services

Health Care Decisions as a Family Matter: Intrahousehold Education Externalities and the Utilization of Health Services

The author is concerned with the role of education as a determinant of health care choices. His central premise is that utilization of health services is determined not solely by an individual's own education, but rather by a notion of effecti...

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Main Author:	Lindelöw, Magnus
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT AGED AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD NUTRITION COMPLEXITY EDUCATION VARIABLES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL REFORM EFFECTIVE EDUCATION FEED FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES ILLITERATES INNOVATION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE LIVING CONDITIONS MEASLES MORTALITY MOTHERS PAPERS POLIO PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE REPETITION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION TECHNICAL EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION HEALTH CARE DELIVERY FAMILY HEALTH CARE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & TRAINING MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IMMUNIZATION OF CHILDREN MOTHERS' EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL LEVEL GENDER DIFFERENCES CASE STUDIES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4999222/health-care-decisions-family-matter-intra-household-education-externalities-utilization-health-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14175

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/4999222/health-care-decisions-family-matter-intra-household-education-externalities-utilization-health-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14175