Almond, Douglas; Doyle, Joseph J.; Kowalski, Amanda E.; … - In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics 126 (2011) 4, pp. 2125-2131
In , we describe how marginal returns to medical care can be estimated by comparing patients on either side of diagnostic thresholds. Our application examines at-risk newborns near the very low birth weight threshold at 1500 g. We estimate large discontinuities in medical care and mortality at...