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The effectiveness of prenatal care in a low income population: a panel data approach
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2012)
This 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 ...
The effects of social health insurance expansion and increased choice on perinatal health and health care use: lessons from the uruguayan health care reform
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2018)
In 2007 the Uruguayan government launched a reform aimed at expanding social healthinsurance to family-members of formal workers and to retirees. The policy increased insurance generosity -relative to the safety net ...