Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of … likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze the determinants of in-hospital mortality at Touro using Oaxaca … free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less …

ensure the available information is exploited. To demonstrate its application, data on mortality following hospital treatment … in hospital costs by 100 to increase the hazard of dying, i.e. mortality, by 0.43%. The negative association between …In this paper, we propose a methodological approach to measure the relationship between hospital costs and health …

variation in mortality rates between weekend and weekday admissions. Patients admitted during the weekend exhibit higher in-hospital … mortality rates. We also find signs of premature discharge, as patients with short lengths of stay tend to exhibit higher …

Using a French exhaustive dataset, this paper studies the determinants of regional disparities in mortality for … within 15 days between extreme regions. They may reflect spatial differences in patient characteristics, treatments, hospital … many small ones, the lower the mortality. Regional unobserved effects account for around 20% of spatial disparities. …

Gender inequalities in mortality/life expectancy have been a major area of research in the social sciences since the … shed some light on two related questions: (i) Which socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality? (ii) Are … male and female mortality rates determined by different socioeconomic factors and in different shapes? We use aggregated …

Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …

I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in …- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both …

very old (75+). We also study excess-mortality conditional on the mode of OAC. Three forms of publicly provided OAC are … mortality among cohabitants with home-help services, while it is higher among cohabitants with special accommodation. Our …

-to-death (TTD) effects on Long Term Care. We also account for the problem that mortality, and therefore TTD, are themselves …