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The impact of prenatal care on birthweight: the case of Uruguay

✍ Scribed by R. Todd Jewell; Patricia Triunfo

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 116 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 1057-9230
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1121

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✦ Synopsis

This study analyzes prenatal care and birthweight in Uruguay. These data are unique since they represent a population of urban, poor women who gave birth in a health care system that provides both prenatal and obstetric care free of charge. This study finds a positive effect of increased prenatal care use on birthweight and evidence of bias in OLS estimates, similar to studies that use US data. The results highlight the usefulness of existing methodologies for estimating the effect of prenatal care on birthweight and the importance of extending these methodologies to data from countries other than the US.

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