Thesis--University of Wisconsin. / Vita. Includes bibliography.

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Huang Ying. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-31). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.3 / Chapter 3. --- Methodology --- p.7 / Chapter 3.1. --- Basic Model --- p.7 / Chapter 3.2. --- Instrumental Variable Strategy --- p.8 / Chapter 4. --- Data Description --- p.10 / Chapter 4.1. --- China Health and Nutrition Survey --- p.10 / Chapter 4.2. --- Sample Selection --- p.11 / Chapter 4.3. --- Variable Definition --- p.12 / Chapter 4.4. --- Summary Description of Samples --- p.14 / Chapter 5. --- The Effects of Health on Labor Supply --- p.15 / Chapter 5.1. --- Rural Adults --- p.15 / Chapter 5.2. --- Urban Adults --- p.19 / Chapter 5.3. --- Results --- p.22 / Chapter 6. --- The Effects of Health on Household Income --- p.23 / Chapter 7. --- Conclusion --- p.26 / References --- p.29 / Tables --- p.32 / Appendix --- p.66

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 538-584).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Aberdeen University, 2009. / Lacks published articles. Includes bibliographical references.

A theoretical and an empirical investigation using Logit Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, (Hierarchical) Log-Linear models with factor interactions and Goodman's measures of optimal prediction and uncertainty within the framework of consumer choice theory to explain the usage of health-care facilities and the behavior of individual consumers and different population segments seeking medical care within the Danfa Community in Ghana, West Africa. Based upon the household objective of utility maximization and the set of constraints--income, wealth, time, information and health, the demand for medical care is estimated as a function of individual and system characteristics, i.e. those characteristics describing in broad terms the factors of the household's needs, perception, willingness to secure care, and ability to secure care (e.g. age, sex, education, ethnicity, type of disease, literacy, health condition, occupation and costs of medication, travel and consultation. The sources of treatment or the providers of medical care were classified into five categories: self, family, drug seller, herbalist, and clinic. Our empirical results indicate that an individual's decision to seek or purchase medical care is more likely to be based on individual characteristics such as the number of unhealthy days rather than on system characteristics such as prices or costs of medication, travel, etc. This study has also revealed that some segments of the Danfa population in Ghana are more likely to exhibit an increasing preference or avoidance for certain health care facilities than others or use health-care facilities in different ways by either purchasing more or less medical care than other consumer groups. In assessing the effects of changes in the levels of particular factors on health-care decisions, our empirical results indicate that there is a reduction in total medical outlays for some consumers if there is a rise in the number of unhealthy days or an increase in the cost indices of medication, travel, and consultation. Policy measures for improvement in the future, including the reduction of the number of unhealthy days and household medical care expenditures through preventive health care education, community-based health insurance schemes for various occupational groups, and improvement of access capabilities or income earning capabilities through the encouragement of proper organization of economic activities within the rural community have been recommended in this study.

Continuing high maternal mortality ratios, especially in Africa, and high discrepancies between richer and poorer households in relation to access to maternal health care and maternal health status have focussed attention on the importance of reducing financial barriers to skilled care. This PhD compares the findings of two evaluations of national policies exempting women from user fees for deliveries, conducted in Ghana in 2005-6 and in Senegal in 2006-7. The detailed findings from each evaluation are presented as well as the broad lessons learnt from what are similar (but not identical) policies with similar goals, both of which were implemented in poorer regions initially but then scaled up, using national resources.  Both demonstrate the potential of fee exemption policies to increase utilisation.  The cost per additional associated delivery was $62 (average) in Ghana and $21 (normal delivery) and $457 (caesarean section) in Senegal. However, despite reducing direct costs for women (from $195 to $153 for caesareans and from $42 to $34 for normal deliveries in Ghana), in neither country were delivery fees costs reduced to zero.  This was linked to a number of important factors, including inadequate budgets (in Ghana) and failure to adequately reimburse lower level providers (in Senegal).  The study also highlights the need to address quality of care and geographical access issues alongside fee exemption. While there has been a lot of debate over the relative merits of different targeting approaches and design of policies to reduce financial barriers to health care (maternal and general), the Ghana and Senegal evaluations suggest the details of implementation and their interaction with contextual factors can be more significant than design of the policy per se.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2006. / Supervisors: Martin D. Dooley ... [et al.]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-318).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, June 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis(Ph.D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2010 / Title from PDF (viewed on 2010-01-28) Department of Bioethics Includes abstract Includes bibliographical references and appendices Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center