Beyond access to basic services: Perspectives on the social determinants of health in Mozambique

Alba Llop-Gironés and Sam Jones

No wp-2019-40, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The social determinants of health have not been studied extensively in low-income contexts, where most studies focus on access to medical care. We undertake a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the social determinants of health in Mozambique for the 2002-14 period, covering 258,431 observations. The results consistently show that neither better access to health care nor material conditions are related to better health outcomes. Rather, we find that macro factors, proxied by place of residence, are the predominant predictor of health inequalities.

Keywords: Healthcare; Health equity; Self-assessed health; Health outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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