. 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 …

Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of … likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze the determinants of in-hospital mortality at Touro using Oaxaca … free and enslaved patients. Despite a higher mortality rate in the general population, slaves were significantly less …

suffering from acute myocardial infarction. Data sources include 100% Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, AHA hospital annual … surveys, Medicare hospital cost reports, and longitude and latitude information for 1995-2005. We define four ED access change … categories and estimate a zip codes fixed-effects regression models on the following AMI outcomes: time-specific mortality rates …