Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
2-2019
Abstract
Absenteeism of health workers in developing countries is common and can severely undermine the reliability of the 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 priority areas for intervention.
Keywords
imputation, primary health facility, random-effects probit, service delivery indicator, sub-Saharan Africa
Discipline
Labor Economics | Medicine and Health Sciences
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Health Economics
Volume
28
Issue
2
First Page
311
Last Page
316
ISSN
1057-9230
Identifier
10.1002/hec.3844
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
FUJII, Tomoki.
Regional prevalence of health worker absenteeism in Tanzania. (2019). Health Economics. 28, (2), 311-316.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2235
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3844