Public Health Policy at Scale: Impact of a Government-Sponsored Information Campaign on Infant Mortality in Denmark

Onur Altindag, Jane Greve and Erdal Tekin

No 15398, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We evaluate the impact of a nationwide public health intervention on deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), using population data from Denmark in a regression discontinuity research design. The information campaign–implemented primarily through a universal nurse home visiting program–reduced infant mortality by 17.2 percent and saved between 11.6-13.5 lives over 10,000 births. The estimated effect sizes are 11-14 times larger among low birthweight and preterm infants relative to the overall population. Improvement in infant mortality is concentrated among those with low socio-economic status and with limited access to health information, thereby reducing health inequities at birth.

Keywords: infant mortality; information campaign; SIDS; Denmark (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 I24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58 pages
Date: 2022-06
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Published - published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (3), 882–893.

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