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Infant mortality and birth rates
(1994-12)
It has been suggested that decreasing infant
mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth
rates and the experience in several countries
shows that decreasing infant mortality rates
are indeed followed by declining ...
Acceso y disponibilidad de servicios de salud en Costa Rica 2000
(2004)
El estudio ensambla un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) y usa técnicas de análisis espacial para relacionar la población del censo del 2000 (la demanda) con un inventario de los establecimientos de salud (la oferta). ...
Physical accessibility to health facilities in Costa Rica
(1993)
This paper estimates physical accessibility to health services in Costa Rican communities and identifies target geographic areas for opening new health facilities. The analyses use geographic information system (GIS) methods ...
Aging and Mental Health in a Longitudinal Study of Elderly Costa Ricans
(2015-04)
Geriatric depression and cognition impairment, including memory loss, are common neuropsychiatric
disorders at old age. Diagnosing these conditions in the context of a general population-based survey
conducted by nonmental ...
Impact evaluation of the Health Sector Reform in Costa Rica
(2004)
Health Sector Reform was implemented gradually across Costa Rica in a sort of natural experiment that offers an opportunity to evaluate its impact. Assuming a quasi experimental evaluation design, this is an analysis of ...
La demografía y la seguridad social en Costa Rica
(2016)
Los costarricenses acordaron un pacto tácito de solidaridad entre generaciones, cuando establecieron el sistema de seguridad social en 1941. En este pacto, las generaciones jóvenes transfieren una fracción de su salario a ...
Fertility and infant mortality in Costa Rica
(1992)
Costa Rica is a small country, geographically situated in the Central American isthmus, with 2.2 million inhabitants. Although its exports are mainly of an agricultural nature, the country has reached a level of welfare ...
Child Mortality and the Fertility Transition: Aggregated and Multilevel Evidence from Costa Rica
(1998)
The author explores whether reduced child mortality is needed in order to realize fertility transition by examining empirical evidence from Costa Rica, a developing country which decreased both child mortality and birth ...
Spatial dimensions of family planning in Costa Rica: the value of geocoding demographic surveys
(1997)
The article illustrates the value of geocoding demographic surveys and conducting spatial analyses to understand the service supply environment and contraceptive behavior. Three Costa Rican data sets are geocoded and pooled ...
Studies of the Costa Rican Model I: Peace, Health and Development in Costa Rica
(1993)
Costa Ricans have cultivated peace and democracy for decades.
They have also achieved outstanding levels of health. Their
economic well-being is not so good, however. The 1949 constitution
abolished the armed forces in ...