Card, David E.; Dobkin, Carlos; Maestas, Nicole - 2007
"The health insurance characteristics of the population changes sharply at age 65 as most people become eligible for … Medicare. But do these changes matter for health? We address this question using data on over 400,000 hospital admissions for … are transferred to other care units in the hospital. We estimate a nearly 1 percentage point drop in 7-day mortality for …