Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa
For health outcomes, is poverty destiny?
The authors explore this question for life expectancy in
Africa, where health outcomes are positively correlated with
income, but where the link is far from uniform. The key
variables associated with good health outcomes (controlling
for health expenditures) are access rates - to health
services, to clean water and sanitation, and to education,
particularly for women. Health expenditure, either as
percentage of GNP or per capita, is not a good predictor of
health outcomes (endogeneity aside). The tenuous link among
health expenditures, health service outputs, and health
outcomes suggests marked differences in the mapping from
spending to services and from services to outcomes. While
few conclusions can be drawn on the aggregate level, the
patterns raise questions about what share of public
expenditure should be devoted to preventive as opposed to
curative measures, and the relative importance of sanitation
infrastructure versus traditional health care.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
McCarthy, F. Desmond,
Wolf, Holger |
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2001-08
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| Subjects: | BLINDNESS,
CLEAN WATER,
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS,
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE,
COUNTRY SIZE,
CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES,
DEBT,
DEPENDENT VARIABLE,
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,
DIFFERENCES IN INCOME,
DIVIDENDS,
DOCTORS,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMICS,
ELASTICITIES,
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS,
EXPENDITURES,
FAMILIES,
FINANCIAL RESOURCES,
GNP,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH CARE SECTOR,
HEALTH CARE SERVICES,
HEALTH DETERMINANTS,
HEALTH EXPENDITURE,
HEALTH EXPENDITURES,
HEALTH FACILITIES,
HEALTH INDICATORS,
HEALTH OUTCOMES,
HEALTH POLICIES,
HEALTH SECTOR,
HEALTH SERVICES,
HEALTH STATUS,
HEALTH SYSTEM,
HOSPITAL BEDS,
ILLITERACY,
IMMUNIZATION,
INCOME,
INCOME GROUPS,
INCOME LEVEL,
INCOME LEVELS,
INCOME SHARE,
INCOMES,
INFANT MORTALITY,
INFANT MORTALITY RATE,
LABOR DEMAND,
LIFE EXPECTANCY,
LOW INCOME,
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES,
MACROECONOMICS,
MALNUTRITION,
MEASLES,
MEDIAN INCOME,
MEDICAL SERVICES,
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY,
MEDICINES,
MILITARY EXPENDITURES,
MORTALITY,
MORTALITY RATES,
NUTRITION,
PER CAPITA INCOMES,
POLICY IMPLICATIONS,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POLIO,
POLLUTION,
POOR COUNTRIES,
POOR GROWTH,
POPULATION SHARE,
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP,
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT,
PROBABILITY,
PRODUCTIVITY,
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE,
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES,
PUBLIC HEALTH,
PUBLIC SPENDING,
QUALITY OF LIFE,
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE,
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT,
TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/08/1561504/comparative-life-expectancy-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19558
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