uneven growth in Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments across states and hospitals to answer these … significant declines in infant and post-heart attack mortality. A range of evidence suggests that these improvements were due to … better hospital care. Overall, our analysis implies that public subsidies can be an effective mechanism for improving medical …

decrease child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor governance and in particular … eligible receive the subsidy as intended and leakage to the ineligible appears limited, even when the ineligible have a high …

We discuss how evidence and theory can be combined to provide insight on the appropriate subsidy level for health …

The hospital industry is one of the most important industries in the U.S., and industry structure can have profound … Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946, known as the Hill-Burton program, on hospital capacity, organization of the … hospital industry, and utilization. We find that the program generated substantial increases in capacity and these changes were …

of a SIP policy. We find that following the implementation of SIP policies, excess mortality increases. The increase in … excess mortality is statistically significant in the immediate weeks following SIP implementation for the international … of the policy. At the U.S. state-level, excess mortality increases in the immediate weeks following SIP introduction and …

This paper studies the immediate and long-run mortality effects of the first community-based health intervention in the … historical narrative suggest that the demonstration was highly successful in controlling tuberculosis and reducing mortality … tuberculosis mortality, all-age mortality, nor infant mortality. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate on whether public …

to the observed declines in total and infant mortality …