Quantile effects of prenatal care utilization on birth weight in Argentina

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1307-1321

  Wehby, George L ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^e   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e ECLAMC   (Argentina)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Health production; Infant health; Instrumental variables; Prenatal care; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARGENTINA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350772534     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1431     Document Type: Article

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