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The effectiveness of prenatal care in a low income population: a panel data approach

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dc.contributor.authorBalsa, Ana Inés
dc.contributor.authorTriunfo, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T19:06:20Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T19:06:20Z
dc.date.issued2012es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1323
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the impact of prenatal care on the likelihood of low birth weight and prematurity using panel data on births taking place between 1995 and 2008 in the largest maternity ward in Uruguay. The use of difference-Generalized Method of Moments estimation addresses biases due to time invariant unobserved heterogeneity and feedback effects from prior pregnancies. Our estimates are larger than those usually found for developed countries: an adequate use of prenatal care - as defined by the Kessner criterion - decreases the probability of low birth weight by half and the likelihood of a pre-term birth by 70%. Even when imposing less stringent requirements on the total number of prenatal controls, the improvements over birth outcomes are considerable. In addition to indicating the crucial role of prenatal care in the birth outcomes of low-income populations, our analysis highlights the importance of using econometric techniques that use the full distribution of pregnancies to estimate the effectiveness of prenatal care.es
dc.format.extent32 p.es
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfes
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherUniversidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economíaes
dc.relation.ispartofDocumentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía; UM_CEE_2012_04es
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectPrenatal carees
dc.subjectPanel dataes
dc.subjectDifference GMMes
dc.subjectLowbirth weightes
dc.subjectLow SES populationses
dc.titleThe effectiveness of prenatal care in a low income population: a panel data approaches
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dc.contributor.filiacionBalsa, Ana Inés. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguayes
dc.contributor.filiacionTriunfo, Patricia. Universidad de la República, Uruguayes
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