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Does universalization of healthwork? : evidence from health systems restructuring and expansion in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019
We investigate universalization of access to health in Brazil. We find large reductions in maternal, foetal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality, a reduction in fertility and, possibly on account of selection, no change in the quality of births. Using rich administrative data, we investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974631
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Who benefits from free health insurance : evidence from Mexico
Conti, Gabriella; Ginja, Rita - 2023
We present a comprehensive evaluation of the health impacts of the introduction and expansion of a large non-contributory health insurance program in Mexico, the Seguro Popular (SP). SP provided access to health services without co-pays to individuals with no Social Security protection. We...
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Can expanding contraceptive access reduce adverse infant health outcomes?
Flynn, James - 2024
This paper uses the implementation of a privately funded family planning program in Colorado to demonstrate that expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives to lower income women creates positive selection in the health of the children being born, reducing the rates of extremely...
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Contraceptive access creates positive selection in infant health
Flynn, James - 2024
This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; namely that it creates positive selection in the health of the children being born. I use a family planning intervention which gave thousands of long-acting reversible contraceptives to reproductive-age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015069416
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Air pollution and infant mortality : evidence from the expansion of natural gas infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas … matter and 0.63 for sulfur dioxide. -- air pollution ; infant mortality ; environment ; natural gas ; coal ; Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699317
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul - 2013
infant mortality in Turkey using variation across provinces and over time in the adoption of natural gas as a cleaner fuel … infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one-percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to natural gas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087407
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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality : Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure
Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2013
the rate of infant mortality in Turkey. In particular, a one percentage point increase in the rate of subscriptions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039477
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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015
measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey …
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The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on the Health System in Turkey and Infant, Child, and Elderly Mortality Among Natives
Aygün, Aysun - 2020
As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health … infrastructure in Turkey and on natives' mortality—with a focus on infant, child, and elderly mortality.Our OLS results yield … refugees put on the health care services in Turkey, as well as the government's response, to understand our findings on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824426
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The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on the health system in Turkey and infant, child, and elderly mortality among natives
Aygün, Aysun; Kirdar, Murat G.; Tuncay, Berna - 2020
As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health … infrastructure in Turkey and on natives' mortality - with a focus on infant, child, and elderly mortality. Our OLS results yield … refugees put on the health care services in Turkey, as well as the government's response, to understand our findings on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267912