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Urgent care centers, hospital performance and population health
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Nunes, Letícia; Rocha, Rudi - 2020
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 …
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Mergers and birth outcomes : evidence from maternity ward closures
Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2018
Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We …
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Food for thought? : breastfeeding and child development
Fitzsimons, Emla; Vera-Hernandez, Marcos - 2013
We show that children who are born at the weekend or just before are less likely to be breastfed, owing to poorer breastfeeding support services at weekends. We use this variation to estimate the effect of breastfeeding on children's development for a sample of uncomplicated births from low...
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Emergency care centers, hospital performance and population health
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Nunes, Letícia; Rocha, Rudi - 2023
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Emergency care centers, hospital performance and population health
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Nunes, Letícia; Rocha, Rudi - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250455
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The Timing of Early Interventions and Child and Maternal Health
Hirani, Jonas Lau-Jensen - 2020
While a large literature studies the impact of exposure to early-life investment policies, this paper examines the impact of changes within a program, the Danish nurse home visiting program, on child and maternal health. We exploit variation induced by a nurse strike, which resulted in families...
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Rising geographic disparities in US mortality
Couillard, Benjamin K.; Foote, Christopher L.; Gandhi, … - 2021 - This version: September 2021
The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that geographic inequality in mortality for midlife Americans increased by about 70 percent from 1992 to 2016. This was not simply because states such as New York or California benefited...
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The impact of COVID-19 on health workers : a health labor market perspective to improve response
Bustamante Izquierdo, Juana Paola; Cometto, Giorgio; … - 2024
This paper uses a health labor market lens to examine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers, as well as relevant policy levers. It compiles a collection of literature using a standardized measurement framework to determine the impact of COVID-19 on health workers. It examines the relevant...
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Trust and Health Care-Seeking Behavior
Darden, Michael; Macis, Mario - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We present results from a nationally representative survey of American adults, guided by a simple theoretical model expressing health care-seeking behavior as a function of economic and behavioral fundamentals and highlighting the role of trust. We report several findings. First, we document a...
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Saving lives at birth : the impact of home births on infant outcomes
Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; Ewijk, Reyn van - 2012
from a mother's residence to the closest hospital. We find that giving birth in a hospital leads to substantial reductions …
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