caa a22 4500 397566301 CHVBK 20180308164829.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199602 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/wbro/11.1.3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/wbro/11.1.3 HOUSEHOLD RESPONSES TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES: COST AND QUALITY TRADEOFFS [Elektronische Daten] [Harold Alderman, Victor Lavy] The effectiveness of government investments in health care depends on the public's response to price and quality as well as on whether these expenditures actually improve health outcomes. Consumers, even those in low-income households, are willing to pay fees for better health care if the fees translate into improved access and reliability. But when prices rise without a concomitant improvement in services, malnutrition and child mortality rates increase. The availability of basic health care has a relatively greater impact on households with low incomes or low education, or both, than does the provision of more specialized services. This article describes the types of services for which households indicate they are willing to pay increased fees. It also indicates the potential gains from improving these services, as well as the consequences of moving faster on cost recovery than on providing improved or better-targeted services. © 1996 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank EFFECTS OF SERVICE QUALITY AND COST ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH nationallicence Alderman Harold aut Lavy Victor aut The World Bank Research Observer Oxford University Press 11/1(1996-02), 3-22 0257-3032 11:1<3 1996 11 wbro https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/11.1.3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/11.1.3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alderman Harold aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lavy Victor aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The World Bank Research Observer Oxford University Press 11/1(1996-02), 3-22 0257-3032 11:1<3 1996 11 wbro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford