QUALITY OF HEALTH-CARE, SURVIVAL AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN GHANA

This paper analyzes the effect of quality and accessibility of health services and other public infrastructure on the health of children in Ghana. We focus on child survival, child height and weight using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey. The results suggest an importa nt role for public health policy in eliminating the rural-urban dispar ities in health status and particularly in improving the health status of rural children and reducing their mortality rates. Increased avail ability of blah services and other related child programs, as well as improved water and sanitation infrastructure would have an immediate p ayoff.