Impact Evaluation of the Human Resource for Health Deployment Program (HRHDP)

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We assess the short-term impacts of the Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB), a national physician deployment program in the Philippines that augments the supply of rural healthcare workers in underserved areas, on several health sector outcomes. Using regression discontinuity design, we find that the DTTB program doubles modern contraceptives-use prevalence and reduces child underweight prevalence in poor municipalities, coinciding with increased propensity of having rural health physicians in the community. We estimated a program internal rate of return of 15.9%, which is likely to be severely understated.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: PIDS Discussion Paper Series ; No. 2023-03

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft
• Thema: rural health physician ; doctors-to-the-barrios program ; maternal and child health

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Abrigo, Michael Ralph M. ; Opiniano, Gina A. ; Tam, Zhandra C.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS)
• (wo): Quezon City
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/284602
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ