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13. Public Healthcare Financing during Counterinsurgency Efforts: Evidence from Colombia.

Author

Lordemus, Samuel, Kreif, Noemi, and Moreno‐Serra, Rodrigo

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FINANCING of public health, STATE power, MUNICIPAL government, FEDERAL government, COUNTERINSURGENCY
Abstract

How do government counterinsurgency efforts affect local public health financing during civil conflicts? We investigate this question in the context of the protracted conflict in Colombia. Using data on antinarcotics operations and health transfers from the central government to municipal governments, we employ both panel estimations and an instrumental variable to address concerns of endogeneity. We first show evidence of a government discretionary power over the allocation of health transfers. We do not find evidence that counterinsurgency operations causally affect health transfers to municipalities. Our results rule out political alignment between mayors and the national governing party as an intermediary factor that could influence the flow of fiscal transfers in municipalities exposed to the conflict. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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23. COVID-19 and violence against women: Current knowledge, gaps, and implications for public policy

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Rocha, Fabiana, Montoya Diaz, Maria Dolores, Carvalho Pereda, Paula, Bousquat Árabe, Isadora, Cavalcanti, Filipe, Lordemus, Samuel, Kreif, Noemi, Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo, Rocha, Fabiana, Montoya Diaz, Maria Dolores, Carvalho Pereda, Paula, Bousquat Árabe, Isadora, Cavalcanti, Filipe, Lordemus, Samuel, Kreif, Noemi, and Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo

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On a global scale, 1 in 3 women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, and women of disadvantaged backgrounds are at an even higher risk. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, data have shown that violence against women (VAW) has intensified. In this paper, we review an emerging literature evaluating the impact of stay-at-home measures implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19 on VAW in low and middle-income countries. We classify existing studies into three categories based on the quality of data and reliability of the empirical methodology: "causal", "less causal" and "not causal. Overall, the most rigorous literature on low- and middle-income countries provides evidence of increases in calls to domestic violence hotlines and drops in police reports. Differences in the types of violence analysed (physical, sexual, psychological, or economic) and the challenges associated with reporting these types of VAW contribute to the mixed results. The main methodological limitations faced by this literature relate to data availability and the ability to distinguish the effects of social isolation from those associated with income and emotional shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper highlights the need for innovative methods and data to better understand the unintended VAW consequences of movement restrictions and reliably effective policy responses to this major social and public health challenge., + ID der Publikation: unilu_72282 + Sprache: Englisch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2024-01-08 16:52:49

Published
2023

26. Is primary health care worth it in the long run? Evidence from Brazil.

Author

Ferreira‐Batista, Natalia Nunes, Teixeira, Adriano Dutra, Diaz, Maria Dolores Montoya, Postali, Fernando Antonio Slaibe, Moreno‐Serra, Rodrigo, and Love‐Koh, James

Abstract

This paper assesses whether Brazilian primary health care is worth it in the long‐run by estimating the accumulated costs and benefits of its flagship, the Family Health Strategy program (ESF). We employ an alternative strategy centered on years of exposure to the program to incorporate its dynamics. We also account for the program's heterogeneity with respect to the remuneration of ESF health teams and the intensity of coverage across Brazilian municipalities, measure by the number of people assisted by each ESF team, on average. To address heterogeneity in professional earnings, this paper employs, for the first time, a dataset containing the remuneration of professionals allocated to all ESF teams nationwide. The benefits are measured by the avoided deaths and hospitalizations due to causes sensitive to primary care. Results suggest that the net monetary benefit of the program is positive on average, with an optimum time of exposure of approximately 16 years. Significant heterogeneities in cost‐benefit results were found since costs outweigh benefits in localities where the coverage is low intensive. On the other hand, the benefits outweigh the costs by 22.5% on average in municipalities with high intensive coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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30. Central America and the Dominican Republic at Crossroads: The Importance of Regional Cooperation and Health Economic Research to Address Current Health Challenges

Author

Miranda, Jose, Barahona, Oscar Morales, Krüger, Alejandro Barahona, Lagos, Pilar, and Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo

Abstract

We discuss key health challenges currently faced by countries in the Central America and Dominican Republic region after the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight the influence of socioeconomic determinants for the challenging public health dynamics observed and the crucial roles that regional cooperation and health economic research can have for tackling such challenges.

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2023
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