vaccination rates and 790,000 or more first doses for Canada as a whole as of October 31, 2021 (5 to 13 weeks after the provincial …

from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …

treated. Results show that children diagnosed with ADHD in pharmacological treatment have fewer hospital contacts if treated …

We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk … of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec (Canada) in 1999. The Quebec Government … introduced an optional mixed compensation (MC) scheme for specialist physicians working in hospital. This scheme combines a fixed …

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

We estimate the impact of nurse unions on health care quality using patient discharge data and the universe of hospital … hospital-specific trends, we find that unionized hospitals also outperform hospitals without any union election in the same 12 …

The present paper provides new evidence that hospital delivery can significantly lower child mortality risks … 2005 (that enhanced emergency obstetric care in women friendly environment) to identify the causal effect of hospital … welfare clinic boosts hospital delivery likelihood, which in turn tends to lower neo-natal, early and infant mortality rates …

role in explaining the effect of ownership status on hospital quality. When age, sex, diagnoses and co-morbidities are held … hospitals. -- hospital performance ; innovative procedures ; stratified duration model ; hospital quality …

or by other changes at the hospital level. …