We examine whether loss of emergency department services is associated with county-level mortality rates in rural areas … emergency department closure on all-cause mortality; drug, alcohol, and suicide deaths; or AMI mortality. We find that closure …, as well as an increase in AMI mortality in the South and West …

of Doyle et al. (2015), we find that the VA reduces 28-day mortality by 46% (4.5 percentage points) and that these …

Life expectancy in the United States fares poorly in international comparisons, primarily because of high mortality … blood pressure or cholesterol. We consider in greater depth mortality from prostate cancer and breast cancer, diseases for … dominant role. We show that the US has had significantly faster declines in mortality from these two diseases than comparison …

This paper examines 313 U.S. areas for differences in medical care utilization and mortality of whites ages 65-84 in …. Utilization, especially inpatient care, is strongly positively related to mortality. Mortality is positively related to cigarette … populations greater than 500,000. Mortality does not vary with population size, with or without controls. Florida is an outlier …

We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the … excess mortality relative to trend, compared to a less than 15 percent increase for Whites; we find losses in potential years …