TY  - JOUR
AU  - Frank,Richard G.
AU  - Strobino,Donna
AU  - Salkever,David S.
AU  - Jackson,Catherine
TI  - Poverty Programs, Initiation Of Prenatal Care And The Rate Of Low Birthweight Births
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 3215
PY  - 1989
Y2  - December 1989
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3215
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3215.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Richard Frank
Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
180 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617/432-0178
Fax: 617/432-1219
E-Mail: frank@hcp.med.harvard.edu

David S. Salkever
UMBC
Department of Public Policy
1000 Hilltop Circle, Public Policy 418
Baltimore, MD  21250
Tel: 410/455-8459
Fax: 410-455-8066
E-Mail: salkever@umbc.edu
M2  - featured in NBER digest on 1990-04-01
AB  - This paper specifies and estimates an econometric model of low and very low birthweight rates for counties in the U.S. for the years 1975-1984. We focus on the impact of several specific public policy actions on use of prenatal care and the subsequent effect on birthweight outcomes. Our results point to strong racial differences in the impact of prenatal care on low birthweight rates. We also find that for the white population changes in income eligibility standards and expanded availability of publicly financed maternal and infant clinics have the strongest impacts on low birthweight rates.
ER  -