The Effects of Expanding a Neonatal Intensive Care System on Infant Mortality and Long-Term Health Impairments

Tamás Hajdu, Gabor Kertesi, Gabor Kezdi and Agnes Szabo-Morvai ()

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Abstract: We study the effects of the geographic expansion of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) system and a Newborn Emergency Transportation System (NETS) on neonatal and infant mortality and long-term impairments. We utilize gradual expansion in Hungary, we use administrative and census data, and we identify the effects from longitudinal variation in access, using changing distance as an instrument. Improving access to delivering in a city with a NICU decreases 0-6-day mortality by 153/1000 (

Keywords: Neonatal Intensive Care; Newborn Transportation; fixed effects; mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2020-05
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