Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa

The author empirically explores the relationship between household poverty and the incidence and treatment of fever--as an indicator of malaria--among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. He uses household Demographic and Health Survey data collected in...

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Main Author: Filmer, Deon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
ALGORITHMS
ASSET INDEX
AVERAGE LEVEL
AVERAGE POVERTY
AVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING
BIRTHS
CALCULATION
CAPITA GROWTH
CHEST X-RAY
CLINICS
COMMUNITY SURVEY
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
DEATHS
DUMMY VARIABLES
EXPENDITURE QUINTILES
FEVER
GDP PER CAPITA
GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
GIRLS
HEALTH CENTER
HEALTH INFORMATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH STATUS
HEALTH SURVEY
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH
HOUSING
INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
LOCAL LEVEL
LONG-RUN INCOME
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEASURING POVERTY
MORTALITY
MOTHERS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NUTRITION
PARENTS
PATIENTS
PHYSICIANS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR COUNTRIES
POVERTY LINE
PPP
PROBABILITY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
RADIO
RURAL AREAS
SAMPLE DESIGN
SAMPLE SIZE
STANDARD APPROACHES
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE
SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS
URBAN AREA
URBAN AREAS
WEALTH INDEX
WEALTH RANKINGS
WEIGHTING SCHEME
WORKERS MALARIA
POVERTY
HEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY
DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
HEALTH SURVEYS
HEALTH & HYGIENE & THE POOR
CHILD HEALTH
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PRIVATE HEALTH CARE
WEALTH RANKING
DISEASE TREATMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14847

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14847

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