Health Behavior in Developing Countries
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- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Economics
- Vol. 3 (1), 425-449
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-economics-111809-125029
Abstract
The disease burden in low-income countries is extremely high. Malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, AIDS, and other diseases are estimated to kill more than 15 million people each year, most of them children. Yet the great majority of these diseases can be prevented or treated. This article reviews microeconomic studies of health-seeking behavior in low-income countries. Factors examined include information, peers, liquidity constraints, and nonrational preferences, such as present bias. I then discuss the implications for policy, including the scope for mandates, subsidies, and incentives.Keywords
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