Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects

This paper analyses the relationship between health expenditures and productivity in Senegal by using a dynamic recursive Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model that has been run from 2011 to 2020. This model links the growth rate of agricultural productivity to household investment in health go...

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Autores principales: Séne, Ligane Massamba, Badiane, Ousmane
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Global Development Network 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149943
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description This paper analyses the relationship between health expenditures and productivity in Senegal by using a dynamic recursive Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model that has been run from 2011 to 2020. This model links the growth rate of agricultural productivity to household investment in health goods taking into account catastrophic health payments considered as barriers to achieve maximal productivity gains. In fact, despite being a potential catalyst for productivity, out-of-pocket health expenditures can be a burden after a critical threshold has been crossed, and might potentially decrease household resources and place constraints on the productivity generating process. Results show a positive impact on poverty reduction when the Government reduces the burden on households by financing catastrophic payment overshoots. Lower health costs also appear to improve households’ well-being, especially in the case of agricultural households. These results suggest the need for policies which will reduce the health system’s reliance on out-of-pocket payments and demonstrate that health programs should reach the most vulnerable households. The effectiveness of poverty-oriented interventions can be increased by targeting households incurring catastrophic health expenditures.
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spelling CGSpace1499432024-11-13T12:23:07Z Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects Séne, Ligane Massamba Badiane, Ousmane expenditure health productivity poverty health care This paper analyses the relationship between health expenditures and productivity in Senegal by using a dynamic recursive Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model that has been run from 2011 to 2020. This model links the growth rate of agricultural productivity to household investment in health goods taking into account catastrophic health payments considered as barriers to achieve maximal productivity gains. In fact, despite being a potential catalyst for productivity, out-of-pocket health expenditures can be a burden after a critical threshold has been crossed, and might potentially decrease household resources and place constraints on the productivity generating process. Results show a positive impact on poverty reduction when the Government reduces the burden on households by financing catastrophic payment overshoots. Lower health costs also appear to improve households’ well-being, especially in the case of agricultural households. These results suggest the need for policies which will reduce the health system’s reliance on out-of-pocket payments and demonstrate that health programs should reach the most vulnerable households. The effectiveness of poverty-oriented interventions can be increased by targeting households incurring catastrophic health expenditures. 2015-07-17 2024-08-01T02:50:17Z 2024-08-01T02:50:17Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149943 en Open Access Global Development Network Séne, Ligane Massamba; and Badiane, Ousmane. 2015. Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects. Selected paper presented at the GDN's 16th Annual Global Development Conference, Parallel Session 13: Macroeconomic Perspectives: Impact on Agriculture Policies and Food Security. June 11-13, 2015. Casablanca, Morocco. https://purl.umn.edu/212261
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Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title_full Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title_fullStr Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title_full_unstemmed Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title_short Out-of-pocket health payments: A catalyst for agricultural productivity growth, but with potentially impoverishing effects
title_sort out of pocket health payments a catalyst for agricultural productivity growth but with potentially impoverishing effects
topic expenditure
health
productivity
poverty
health care
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149943
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