utilization, outcomes, and costs for patients hospitalized for dementia in China. Regional patterns demonstrate gaps in equity and … efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic …

for white mothers. At childbirth, heat-exposed mothers are more likely to have hypertension and have longer hospital stays …. For infants, fetal exposure to extreme heat leads to a higher likelihood of dehydration at birth and hospital readmission …

study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-in-differences design. We find that closures lead mothers to experience a significant change in birth procedures such as inductions and C …

in infant and maternal health. Infants and mothers at the top of the income distribution have worse birth and morbidity …

link 2013-2015 All-Payer Claims Data to 2004-2013 administrative hospital discharge data from Utah and exploit policy …

We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk … patients' health by more than a critical level, they will stay more days in hospital over the period. At the empirical level …. We find that the hospital length of stay of patients treated in departments that opted for the MC system increased on …

The present paper provides new evidence that hospital delivery can significantly lower child mortality risks … delivery on various mortality rates among children born during 2002-2007. Our best estimates come from the parents fixed … welfare clinic boosts hospital delivery likelihood, which in turn tends to lower neo-natal, early and infant mortality rates …

Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We … mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a difference-in-differences approach to register data on all births in … Sweden over two decades, we show that the closures negatively affected the health of mothers, while effects on infant health …