This study presents new evidence on the potential detrimental effects of hospital closures. We examine how hospital … closures affect the likelihood of incurring medical debt. Hospital closures can increase market concentration by removing a …'s ability to pay their bills. We combine 2011-2020 consumer credit bureau data with information on hospital closures from 2014 …

help. This hypothesis is examined for the case of demand for hospital care which covers the largest part of public … insurance expenditures. The paper applies various methods for count data analysis of the frequency of hospital trips. Contrary …

increasing prices. We test this prediction based on a reform of hospital financing in Germany. Uniquely, this reform changed the …

the hospital level. To identify a causal effect, I develop a unique identification strategy where I exploit hospitals …' exposure to snowfall. A particularity of the reform led to exogenous treatment price shocks at hospital level in response to …

decreased exits from the public hospital sector. Our results indicate that a light-touch intervention can shift management … behavior and improve hospital workforce turnover. These findings are important in sectors affected by labor supply shortages …

emergency cases that do not all require hospital care. Many countries have responded by introducing alternative facilities that … area of a hospital reduces hospital outpatient procedures and admissions and that this is associated with improved hospital … cases going to hospital but rather from hospital resources being re-focused. In a significant departure from related …

the programme has decreased the nurse turnover rate by 4.49%, decreased exits from the public hospital sector by 5 ….38%, and reduced mortality within 30 days from hospital admission by 3.45%, preventing 11,400 deaths. Our results are …

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

in hospitalization and day hospital treatments, coupled with a clear decrease in the access to emergency services …