Evaluating the impact of health programmes
By: by Justine Burns, Malcolm Keswell, and Rebecca Thornton
Contributors: Keswell, Malcolm, 1972-; Thornton, Rebecca; University of Cape Town. Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
Series: Working paper series -- no. 40; Saldru working paper -- no. 40.
Publisher: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
ISBN-13: 9780981445113
Subjects: Public health; Evaluation; Methodology
Description: "This paper has two broad objectives. The first objective is broadly methodological and deals with some of the more pertinent estimation issues one should be aware of when studying the impact of health status on economic outcomes. We discuss some alternatives for constructing counterfactuals when designing health program evaluations such as randomization, matching and instrumental variables. Our second objective is to present a review of the existing evidence on the impact of health interventions on individual welfare"--p. [1].
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-26)

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