Inequality in the Quality of Health Services

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dc.creatorFink, Gunther
dc.creatorKandpal, Eeshani
dc.creatorShapira, Gil
dc.date2019-04-18T20:36:04Z
dc.date2019-04-18T20:36:04Z
dc.date2019-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:42:14Z
dc.descriptionUsing unique direct observations of patient-provider interactions linked to patient exit interviews and detailed household surveys, this paper assesses the relationship between patient wealth and the quality and price of antenatal care in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Overall, the analysis finds a significant wealth-quality gradient, with a standard deviation increase in wealth being associated with an increase of 4 percentage points in protocol compliance. This increase in compliance represents 8 percent of the average quality of care received by women in the lowest wealth quintile. Over half of the wealth-quality gradient is driven by lower facility quality in poorer areas. However, the analysis also finds statistically significant within-village and even within-facility wealth-quality relationships. Within villages, wealth-quality gradients are primarily driven by wealthier women seeking care at higher-quality even if more distant facilities. Within the same facilities, poorer women tend to receive worse care, but on average they also pay less for the same quality of care compared with wealthier women. The price gap increases in the local ratio of wealthy to poor households, suggesting that providers do not charge different prices only for redistributive reasons.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/851111555342898988/Inequality-in-the-Quality-of-Health-Services-Wealth-Content-of-Care-and-Price-of-Antenatal-Consultations-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31560
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-8818
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409499
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8818
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectHEALTH SERVICES
dc.subjectQUALITY OF CARE
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICE
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectPRENATAL CARE
dc.titleInequality in the Quality of Health Services
dc.titleWealth, Content of Care, and Price of Antenatal Consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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