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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 use data on a large wave of directed hospital mergers and closures in Ontario to investigate the impact of hospital … reorganization on patient welfare. We estimate a model of patient hospital choice on data collected before the reorganization …, finding that both distance and hospital quality are determinants of choice. The model is then used to determine the short …