The American economic review, 2013-05, Vol.103 (3), p.456-461
2013
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Adult Antiretroviral Therapy and Child Health: Evidence from Scale-up in Zambia
- Ist Teil von
- The American economic review, 2013-05, Vol.103 (3), p.456-461
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: American Economic Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Link zum Volltext
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- EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- One in five Zambian children lives with an HIV/AIDS-infected adult. We estimate the effect that the availability of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) has on the health of such children. Using a triple difference specification, we find that adult access to ART resulted in increased weight-for-age and decreased incidence of stunting among children younger than 60 months who resided with an infected father or other infected adult in an intact household. Because the increased availability of adult ART in sub-Saharan Africa has multigenerational effects, cost-effectiveness estimates restricted to direct recipients understate the economic benefit of the treatment. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0002-8282eISSN: 1944-7981DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.456Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2013102270
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Adult, Adult education, Adults, Age, Agricultural production, AIDS, Anthropometric measurements, Anthropometry, Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active, Art therapy, Assisted reproductive techniques, Body Height, Body Weight, Child Health, Child nutrition, Child, Preschool, Children, Children & youth, Childrens health, Cost-effectiveness, Drug therapy, Estimates, Fathers, Health care access, Health facilities, Health Status, Health technology assessment, HIV, HIV Infections - drug therapy, Households, Human immunodeficiency virus, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infections, Malnutrition, Mothers, Nutrition, Nutritional Status, Public health, Rural areas, Studies, Sub-Saharan Africa, THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH, Urban areas, Zambia