The article analyzes to which extent residential proximity from an emergency hospital affects the probability of … endogenous health-based spatial sorting of involved agents and data limitations on out-of-hospital mortality. Using policy …-induced variation in hospital distance, arising from plausibly exogenous emergency hospital closures in the highly regulated Swedish …

We measure one aspect of how access to emergency care through ambulance services changes for patients when a hospital … period immediately after the hospital closes. We find urban patients in zip codes where a hospital closes have a small change … to transport a patient from the location of the incident to the hospital. The impact on rural Medicare-eligible patients …

Do urban hospital closures affect health care access or health outcomes? We study closures in Los Angeles County … between 1997 and 2003, through their effect on distance to the nearest hospital. We find that increased distance to the … nearest hospital shifts regular care away from emergency rooms and outpatient clinics to doctor's offices. While most …

This paper examines the impact of California's hospital closures occurring from 1995-2011 on adjusted inpatient … Development (OSHPD) data, the impact of hospital closures on inpatient mortality is estimated. Outcomes of admissions in hospital … in prior work by using a reconciled list of California's hospital closures and by studying differential impacts of rural …

Do urban hospital closures affect health care access or health outcomes? We study closures in Los Angeles County … between 1997 and 2003, through their effect on distance to the nearest hospital. We find that increased distance to the … nearest hospital shifts regular care away from emergency rooms and outpatient clinics to doctor's offices. While most …

We measure one aspect of how access to emergency care through ambulance services changes for patients when a hospital … period immediately after the hospital closes. We find urban patients in zip codes where a hospital closes have a small change … to transport a patient from the location of the incident to the hospital. The impact on rural Medicare-eligible patients …

This paper uses a difference-in-difference approach to examine the impact of California's hospital closures occurring … pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Outcomes of admissions in hospital service areas (HSAs) with and … Medicare as well as non-Medicare patients. Results suggest that when treatment groups are not differentiated by hospital …