Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

7-2018

Abstract

Absenteeism of health workers in developing countries is common and can severely undermine the reliability of health system. Therefore, it is important to understand where the prevalence of absenteeism is high. We develop a simple imputation method that combines a Service Delivery Indicators survey and a Service Provision Assessment survey to estimate the prevalence of absenteeism of health workers at the level of regions in Tanzania. The resulting estimates allow one to identify the regions in which the prevalence of absenteeism is significantly higher or lower than the national average and help policymakers determine the priority areas for intervention.

Keywords

Sub-Saharan Africa, primary health facility, imputation, random-effects probit, service delivery indicator.

Discipline

Health Economics | Labor Economics

Research Areas

Applied Microeconomics

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Publisher

SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series, No. 14-2018

City or Country

Singapore

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Comments

Published in Health Economics, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3844

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