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Pandemia de COVID-19 y salud perinatal en 2020: el caso de Uruguay

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  • Ana Inés Balsa

    (Departamento de Economía y Centro de Investigación en Economía Aplicada Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay)

  • Patricia Triunfo

    (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay)

Abstract

Utilizando datos de nacimientos nacionales evaluamos los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 durante 2020 sobre los resultados de los nacimientos en Uruguay. Empleando técnicas de diferencia en diferencias, encontramos resultados mixtos, con algunos embarazos que muestran aumentos en la probabilidad de partos muy prematuros o de muy bajo peso y otros que muestran disminuciones en la incidencia del bajo peso al nacer y pequeños para la edad gestacional. Los resultados adversos son más probables entre mujeres con bajo nivel educativo, multíparas y con factores de riesgo, como fumar o tener 35 años o más. Observamos mejoras en la salud al nacer de los hijos de no fumadoras, menores de 35 años y primigestas. La crisis económica, el aumento de la carga del cuidado infantil en el hogar y el menor acceso a la atención prenatal son posibles mecanismos detrás de los resultados adversos. Los resultados positivos probablemente se deban a un estilo de vida más tranquilo y saludable, asociado a los niveles reducidos de movilidad.

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  • Ana Inés Balsa & Patricia Triunfo, 2021. "Pandemia de COVID-19 y salud perinatal en 2020: el caso de Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1521, Department of Economics - dECON.
    • Handle: RePEc:ude:wpaper:1521
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    1. Ana Inés Balsa & Patricia Triunfo, 2015. "The Effectiveness of Prenatal Care in Uruguay's Low-Income Population: A Panel Data Approach," Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, Instituto de Economía. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile., vol. 52(2), pages 149-183, November.
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; peso al nacer; cuidados perinatales;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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