The role of national rural health mission in reducing infant mortality rate in India
The role of national rural health mission in reducing infant mortality rate in India
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DOI：
10.1108/ijhg-09-2018-0044
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发表时间：
2019-02-22
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Mohan, Arvind
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作者：
Pandey, Ashutosh;Mohan, Arvind
目的：本文的目的是评估国家农村卫生使命（NRHM）在降低印度婴儿死亡率的作用。这项研究将有助于政府决定未来在降低印度婴儿死亡率方面的行动方针。设计/方法/方式-本文采用中断时间序列分析（ITSA）的方法与对照组研究NRHM在减少IMR在印度的作用。作者研究了印度农村地区婴儿死亡率在实施NRHM前后的水平和趋势变化。然后应用合适的阿尔马模型估计回归模型的系数。根据估计结果，该研究预测了农村和城市IMR的反事实，并绘制了结果。结果-研究发现的证据支持的假设，NRHM导致减少城市IMR和农村IMR之间的差异。研究表明，在后NRHM时期（2005-2015年），农村IMR下降速度更快。独创性/价值-没有现有的研究分析NRHM这样的社会计划的影响，减少IMR在印度通过应用ITSA。这项研究是独一无二的，因为它估计了反事实，并绘制了显示NRHM对降低IMR的影响的结果。
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in reducing Infant Mortality in India. The study will help the government in deciding its future course of action regarding the infant mortality rate (IMR) reduction in India. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts the interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) approach with a control group to study the role of NRHM in reducing the IMR in India. The authors examined infant mortality in rural areas of India for the level and trend change before and after the implementation of NRHM. The authors then applied a suitable ARMA model to estimate the coefficients of the regression model. From the estimated results, the study predicts the counterfactuals for both the rural IMR and urban IMR and plots the results. Findings The study found the evidence supporting the hypotheses that the NRHM has led to a reduction in the difference between urban IMR and rural IMR. The research shows that the rural IMR declined at steeper rates in the post-NRHM period (2005-2015). Originality/value None of the existing studies analyses the impact of a social scheme like NRHM on the reduction of IMR in India by applying the ITSA. The study is unique as it estimates the counterfactuals and plots the results which show the impact of NRHM on reducing IMR.