death), hospital utilization, and medical expenditure in Greece during the period 1995 - 2010. The estimates indicate that … increases in the number of hospital days. Real per capita pharmaceutical expenditure increased rapidly during this period, but … 62% of the increase in pharmaceutical expenditure was offset by a reduction in hospital expenditure attributable to …

hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme …

hospital admissions, along with all 8 million deaths, with weather and pollution data reported at the day-county level. Extreme …

This paper examines the causal effect of the experience of a hospital with treating hip fractures (volume) on treatment … hospital. Our results indicate that after application of an IV regression of volume on outcome, volume significantly increases …

hip fracture patients and with this the practice-makes-perfect hypothesis has an even stronger effect on hospital quality …

We investigate the effect of extreme temperatures on mortality and emergency hospital admissions, and whether local … social care allows to mitigate their adverse effects. We merge monthly administrative data on mortality and hospital … mortality rates and hospital admission rates for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. These effects are mostly driven …

This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 … countries. It shows that the elderly population is robustly associated with higher COVID-19 mortality. This effect, however …