Understanding spatial variation in the utilization of health services: does quality matter?

Working paper

Utilization of health services are an important policy concern in most developing countries, reflecting both efforts to improve health outcomes and to meet international obligations to make health services broadly accessible. Although many policy and research initiatives have focused on the need to improve physical access, not enough is understood about what factors affect health care choices, and why low levels of utilization persists among certain socioeconomic groups or geographic regions ...

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Authors: Lindelow, M

• Publisher: CSAE (University of Oxford)
• Series: Working Paper Series
• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• Language: English