The effect of health facility births on newborn mortality in Malawi

Dawoon Jung () and Booyuel Kim ()
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Dawoon Jung: Korea Institute of Public Finance
Booyuel Kim: Seoul National University

International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2024, vol. 24, issue 3, No 4, 393-406

Abstract: Abstract We examine the effect of health facility delivery on newborn mortality in Malawi using data from a survey of mothers in the Chimutu district, Malawi. The study exploits labour contraction time as an instrumental variable to overcome endogeneity of health facility delivery. The results show that health facility delivery does not reduce 7-day and 28-day mortality rates. In a low-income country like Malawi where the healthcare quality is severely compromised, we conclude that encouraging health facility delivery may not guarantee positive health outcomes for newborn births.

Keywords: Health facility delivery; Newborn mortality; Distance to health facilities; Labour contraction time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C36 D10 I12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s10754-023-09348-x

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