Wealth Health and Health Services in Rural Rajasthan

Question 1

Authors and Year

Answer 1

Deaton, Banerjee and Dufflo

2004

Question 2

Main result

Answer 2

quality of health services may impact health but does not seem to impact people’s perception of health

Question 3

Who was survey based on?

Answer 3

100 hamlet in Udaipor, 40% below poverty line, 5% female literacy

Question 4

Information collected included….

Answer 4

perception of and economic wellbeing through survey

direct measures of health

Question 5

Findings of study

Answer 5

roughly 90% had BMI below threshold deemed as poor nutrition in US
yet 62% rated health 5-8 on a 1-10 scale
subcentres were closed 56% of time
those under poverty line supposed to have free healthcare but only paid 40% less in reality
41% people who claimed to be doctors were not