Discharge on the day of birth, parental response and health and schooling outcomes
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Exploiting the Danish roll-out of same-day discharge policies after uncomplicated births, we find that treated newborns have a higher probability of hospital readmission in the first month after birth. While these short-run effects may indicate substitution of hospital stays with readmissions, we also find that—in the longer run—a same-day discharge decreases children's 9th grade GPA. This effect is driven by children and mothers, who prior to the policy change would have been least likely to experience a same-day discharge. Using administrative and survey data to assess potential mechanisms, we show that a same-day discharge impacts those parents’ health investments and their children's medium-run health. Our findings point to important negative effects of policies that expand same-day discharge policies to broad populations of mothers and children.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Health Economics |
Vol/bind | 55 |
Sider (fra-til) | 121-138 |
Antal sider | 18 |
ISSN | 0167-6296 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 1 sep. 2017 |
Eksternt udgivet | Ja |
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