This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 … countries. It shows that the elderly population is robustly associated with higher COVID-19 mortality. This effect, however …

Emergency Transportation System (NETS) on neonatal and infant mortality and long-term impairments. We utilize gradual expansion …, using changing distance as an instrument. Improving access to delivering in a city with a NICU decreases 0-6-day mortality …

. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects mortality. We do so by leveraging a …-supported hospital reduced infant mortality by 10%, saving one life for every $20,000 (2017 dollars) spent. Effects were larger for Black … of the hospital from a fringe institution to one essential to the practice of medicine. Despite the central role of …

. In this paper, we explore how access to the hospital and modern medicine affects mortality. We do so by leveraging a …-supported hospital reduced infant mortality by 10%, saving one life for every $20,000 (2017 dollars) spent. Effects were larger for Black … of the hospital from a fringe institution to one essential to the practice of medicine. Despite the central role of …

We provide a new assessment of the effect of hospital proximity in an emergency situation exploiting the exogenous … variation in the proximity to cities that are legally allowed to have a hospital based on their population size. Based on … nearest hospital (5 km) raises the fatality rate by 13.84% at the sample average. This figure is equal to 0.92 additional …

We examine whether obtaining prescription drug insurance through the Medicare Part D program affected hospital … admissions, expenditures associated with those admissions, and mortality. We use a large, geographically diverse sample of … drug insurance on hospitalizations and mortality. Results indicate that obtaining prescription drug insurance through …