Health-Seeking Behaviour in the Reform Process for Rural Households: the Case of MWEA Division, Kirinyaga District, Kenya

R. Ngugi

Working Papers from African Economic Research Consortium

Abstract: Cost sharing resulted in a drop in the use of public health facilities in Kenya. But, these facilities continued to take a high priority among otheralternatives when sickness befell. Shifts across the facilities indicated a search for health services that yielded utility equivalent to the fee charged, while demand for services across the alternative sources reflected complementarity in consumption.

Keywords: HEALTH; BEHAVIOUR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 1999
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