Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5057508 | Economics Letters | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
â¢Experiment designed to improve access to prenatal care in a low-resource setting.â¢The intervention consisted of timely reminders delivered in person by health care workers.â¢Prenatal doctor visits increased by 3.4-7.8 percentage points.â¢Effect was larger for women with riskier pregnancies (older women and those with a previous miscarriage).
This paper reports the results of an experiment designed to improve access to prenatal care of pregnant women in a low-resource setting. A simple intervention of timely reminders delivered in person by community health care workers was found to increase prenatal doctor visits by 3.4-7.8 percentage points. The effect was larger for women with riskier pregnancies.
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Authors
Matias Busso, Dario Romero, Dario Salcedo,