Effects of antenatal care services on birthweight: Importance of model specification and empirical procedure used in estimating the marginal productivity of health inputs

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Celik, Yusuf ^a   Younis, Mustafa Z ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Birthweight; Health production function; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURKEY (BIRD);

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; TURKEY;

EID: 34250872815     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9055-2     Document Type: Article

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