GOVERNMENT DOCTOR ABSENTEEISM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMER DEMAND IN RURAL NORTH INDIA

Richard ILes ()
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No 2018-9, Working Papers from School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

Abstract: Government doctor absenteeism from their public posts is a sizable problem across developing economies. The consumer demand estimation for outpatient fever treatment presented in this paper investigates the interrelationship between government doctor absenteeism and the large informal healthcare sector. Using a counterfactual framework this paper estimates treatment effect of eliminating government doctor absenteeism. The effects are measured by changes to the market share of government MBBS providers and resulting own-price elasticities of demand for government MBBS providers and unqualified providers. Modelling incorporates patients expected health outcomes, by provider, via the use of a qualitative measure of word-of-mouth recommendations. Results indicate that eliminating government MBBS provider absenteeism in North India would increase utilisation of government outpatient fever treatments from 25 to 50 percent.

Keywords: Consumer demand; Absenteeism; Counterfactual; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2017-09-19, Revised 2018
Note: Updated from 2017-9
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