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

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 individ...

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Main Authors:	Ahsan, Md Nazmul, Banerjee, Rakesh, Maharaj, Riddhi
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MIDWIFE ADULT HUMAN CAPITAL BASIC HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRENATAL CARE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515461589292229282/Early-Life-Access-to-a-Basic-Health-Care-Program-and-Adult-Outcomes-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33755

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spelling	okr-10986-337552022-09-20T00:12:26Z Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia Ahsan, Md Nazmul Banerjee, Rakesh Maharaj, Riddhi PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MIDWIFE ADULT HUMAN CAPITAL BASIC HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRENATAL CARE 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. 2020-05-14T20:55:45Z 2020-05-14T20:55:45Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515461589292229282/Early-Life-Access-to-a-Basic-Health-Care-Program-and-Adult-Outcomes-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33755 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9243 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MIDWIFE ADULT HUMAN CAPITAL BASIC HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRENATAL CARE
spellingShingle	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MIDWIFE ADULT HUMAN CAPITAL BASIC HEALTH CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PRENATAL CARE Ahsan, Md Nazmul Banerjee, Rakesh Maharaj, Riddhi Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Ahsan, Md Nazmul Banerjee, Rakesh Maharaj, Riddhi
author_facet	Ahsan, Md Nazmul Banerjee, Rakesh Maharaj, Riddhi
author_sort	Ahsan, Md Nazmul
title	Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
title_short	Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
title_full	Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia
title_sort	early-life access to a basic health care program and adult outcomes in indonesia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/515461589292229282/Early-Life-Access-to-a-Basic-Health-Care-Program-and-Adult-Outcomes-in-Indonesia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33755
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Early-Life Access to a Basic Health Care Program and Adult Outcomes in Indonesia

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