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Title: | How budget cuts increase inappropriate health care and infant health outcomes |
Author: | Grembi, Veronica Bertoli, Paola Llaneza, Catalina Vall Castelló, Judit |
Keywords: | Crisis econòmiques Política d'austeritat Salut pública Infants Dèficit públic Depressions Austerity policy Public health Children Budget deficits |
Issue Date: | Nov-2020 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Abstract: | Using data from Spain, we show the impact of significant health-sector budget cuts introduced in 2012 on the rates of cesarean sections and on infant health outcomes at birth, which we use as a proxy for the quality of birth centers. Exploiting a difference-in-differences fixed-effects approach at the hospital level, we estimate a 3% increase in C-sections as a result of the budget restrictions, with no significant consequences on health outcomes at birth. Given the additional evidence in the literature on the negative short- and long-term effects of non-medically indicated C-sections, our paper provides important policy implications for population health. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113419 |
It is part of: | Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 265, num. 113419 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/175638 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113419 |
ISSN: | 0277-9536 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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