TY  - JOUR
AU  - Frank,Richard G.
AU  - Strobino,Donna
AU  - Salkever,David S.
AU  - Jackson,Catherine A.
TI  - Updated Estimates of the Impact of Prenatal Care on Birthweight Outcomes by Race
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 3624
PY  - 1993
Y2  - June 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3624
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w3624.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
AB  - This paper estimates a quasi-structural birthweight production function using data on counties for the years 1975-1984. The analysis focuses on the effects of first trimester initiation of prenatal care, controlling for use of abortion services, cigarette smoking, birth order and income. Fixed effects model is used to control for unmeasured differences in health endowments across counties. The results indicate that early first trimester initiation of prenatal care leads to a reduction in low birthweight for both blacks and whites. Differences in use of prenatal care by race explain only a small part of the black-white differences in the fraction of low birthweight births.
ER  -