key dependent variables are not available in the data. It is shown that the out-of-hospital mortality rates can be … and out-of-hospital spells, the mortality rates before and after discharge as well as discharge and re …-hospitalization rates are estimated for a sample of heart-attack patients hospitalized in California between 1992 and 1998. The results …

lines are often characterized as inefficient, because they are a burden to patients without generating any gains for … favoring private patients. For SHI holders, waiting times remained stable over time (27.5 days in 2014; 30.7 days in 2016; ? 3 … the patient’s insurance status. Our conclusion is that, the reform did not repair the existing inequalities. The gap has …