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How budget cuts increase inappropriate health care and infant health outcomes

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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.

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GREMBI, Veronica, et al. How budget cuts increase inappropriate health care and infant health outcomes. Social Science & Medicine. 2020. Vol. 265, núm. 113419. ISSN 0277-9536. [consulta: 9 de maig de 2026]. Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175638

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