Private health investments under competing risks: Evidence from malaria control in Senegal

Pauline Rossi and Paola Villar

Journal of Health Economics, 2020, vol. 73, issue C

Abstract: This study exploits the introduction of high subsidies for anti-malaria products in Senegal in 2009 to investigate whether malaria prevents parents from investing in child health. A simple model of health investments under competing mortality risks predicts that private expenses to fight malaria and other diseases should increase in response to anti-malaria public interventions. We test and validate this prediction using original panel data from a household expenditure survey combined with geographical information on malaria prevalence. We find that health expenditures in malarious regions catch up with non-malarious regions. The same result holds for parental health-seeking behavior against other diseases like diarrhea. These patterns cannot be explained by differential trends between regions. Our results suggest that behavioral responses to anti-malaria campaigns magnify their impact on all-cause mortality for children.

Keywords: Health expenses; Malaria; Africa; Human capital; Competing risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 H51 I1 J13 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102330

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