Evaluation of Rural Health Care Programs Employing Unobserved Variable Models: Impact on Infant Mortality.

Farmer, Frank L.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ295708

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Evaluation of Rural Health Care Programs Employing Unobserved Variable Models: Impact on Infant Mortality.

Farmer, Frank L.; And Others

Rural Sociology, v49 n1 p127-42 Spr 1984

Evaluation of 145 rural health care programs shows programs did not increase availability of physicians in targeted areas. The study employed multiple-indicator unobserved variable models to disaggregate effects of education, income, racial composition, poverty, housing conditions, crowding, occupation structure, and rural health care programs on physician availability, neonatal mortality, and post-neonatal mortality. (MH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Disadvantaged Environment, Health Facilities, Health Services, Infant Mortality, Models, Physicians, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Rural Areas

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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