Impact Evaluation of the Human Resource for Health Deployment Program (HRHDP)

Gina A. Opiniano, Michael Abrigo and Zhandra C. Tam

No DP 2023-03, Discussion Papers from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: We assess the short-term impacts of the Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB), a national physician deployment program in the Philippines that augments the supply of rural healthcare workers in underserved areas, on several health sector outcomes. Using regression discontinuity design, we find that the DTTB program doubles modern contraceptive-use prevalence and reduces child underweight prevalence in poor municipalities, coinciding with an increased propensity of having rural health physicians in the community. We estimated an internal program rate of return of 15.9%, which is likely to be severely understated. Comments to this paper are welcome within 60 days from the date of posting. Email publications@pids.gov.ph.

Keywords: rural health physician; doctors-to-the-barrios program; maternal and child health; healthcare workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.62986/dp2023.03

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