measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … physician, who offers a wide range of primary healthcare services that are free-of-charge. Furthermore, these services are … to the patients. To identify the causal impact of the FMP, we exploit the variation in its introduction across provinces …

expenditures, hospitalizations, and health plan choice. Employing a difference-in-difference framework, we find that patients who …This paper investigates the consequences that patients face when their regular primary care provider closes down her … practice, typically due to retirement. We estimate the causal impact of closures on patients' utilization patterns, medical …

and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of … driving mechanisms. We find sharp increases in coverage of primary health facilities with GPs and outreach workers and, in … medical professionals. Consistent with an attempt to rationalize use of hospital resources, we find a decline in specialists …

provide for emergency and primary care services. It also aims to upgrade government hospitals. This study examines the …