Quality of Medical Facilities, Health, and Labor Force Participation in Jamaica
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چکیده
Many studies report empirical relationships between adult health outcomes and market returns to work in developing countries. Our extension of these ideas involves explicitly considering how the availability, quality and utilization of health care a®ects health and labor market outcomes. We develop an econometric model for the demand for health care using a discrete-choice framework, then link it to regression equations determining health status and labor force participation at the individual level. Parameters are estimated using three sources of data from Jamaica, including a unique survey of health care facility characteristics This project received ̄nancial support from the World Bank Research Committee (RPO 676-44). The Statistical Institute of Jamaica and the Ministry of Health carried out the extremely demanding ̄eld work for the survey. We have bene ̄tted from comments of John Newman, Andrew Foster, Mark Pitt, Mead Over, and other participants of a World Bank Seminar. We are indebted to Margaret Grosh for her help and insights in understanding the sampling frame and the data from various surveys. The ̄ndings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank.
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