Gender Differences in Children's Antibiotic Use and Adherence (English)

Using in-home health records for 1,763 children in Mali, this paper examines gender differences in the uptake and duration of treatment with antibiotics. The detailed data provide a window into parents’ day-to-day decisions while accounting for symptoms. There are no gender differences in starting treatment, but boys are over 10 percentage points more likely to complete a course of antibiotics than girls. This difference is driven by families with...

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Blandhol,Christine;

Sautmann,Anja;
Document Date
2021/02/10
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9542
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Mali,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2021/02/10
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Gender Differences in Children's Antibiotic Use and Adherence
Keywords
antibiotic

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Blandhol,Christine; Sautmann,Anja.

Gender Differences in Children's Antibiotic Use and Adherence (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9542 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/227691612963422330

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