Health provider choice and implicit rationing in healthcare: Evidence from Mozambique

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An analysis of health provider choice together with a model of implicit rationing in healthcare is presented using Mozambique as a case study. We make use of the Mozambican Household Surveys on Living Conditions 2002/3 and 2008/9. Updated and sometimes contrasting results with respect to similar analyses on older Mozambican data are obtained. In particular, we find that the role of income is more important in 2002/3 and in 2008/9 than it was in 1996/7. In consequence, we further expand the analysis by studying how socioeconomic disparities among other factors influence implicit rationing in healthcare. When using the 2008/9 survey only, moderate evidence that some sort of implicit healthcare rationing is in place is found; that is, some people do not seek care because they foresee they will not be granted quality healthcare access or treatment.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDevelopment Southern Africa
Volume31
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)427-451
Number of pages25
ISSN0376-835X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2014

    Research areas

  • healthcare demand, Mozambique, rationing

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