CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Baroma, Regina Salve |
|---|---|
| Title | Equity of Access to Maternal Health Care in the Philippines |
| Summary | In many developing countries, achieving inclusive growth is one of the major policy concerns. In the Philippines, the wide disparity in the use of maternal health care services among socio-economic groups, is one of the causes that constrained the country in achieving its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target in reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters until 2015. In this thesis, the sources of inequality in the utilization of maternal health care, specifically in the use of facility-based deliveries were explored using a two-stage regression procedure. The impacts of supply and demand side policy interventions in reducing inequality were also illustrated through the Concentration Curve and Concentration Index. The results show that income, household composition, parity, educational attainment, and health insurance coverage are among the most important factors. Demand and supply side policy interventions are both essential in improving the access among poor women and the results show that their impact can be maximized if both policy interventions are implemented at the same time. |
| Supervisor | Mihályi, Peter |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/baroma_regina-salve.pdf |
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