Regional prevalence of health worker absenteeism in Tanzania

Author

Tomoki FUJII, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

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

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3844