the supply of physicians reduce infant mortality and mortality from common childhood diseases. Using a semiparametric …This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … expulsion of Jewish physicians from statutory health insurance as exogenous variation in regional physician supply. Increases in …

measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey … and over time. Our estimates indicate that the FMP caused large declines in mortality rates across all age groups with … teenagers. Furthermore, the results are suggestive that the program has also contributed towards equalization in the mortality …

there is substantial variation in the quality of physicians, as measured by patients' post-assignment mortality, in the … point decline in a patient's two-year mortality risk. While we find evidence of observable doctor characteristics and … value of an additional life year in Norway ($35,000), our results demonstrate that replacing the worst performing GPs …