Arbeitspapier

Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician at gestational week 37. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we consistently find no health benefits from obstetrician supervision, despite increased rates of neonatal intensive care unit admissions among births supervised by obstetricians. These results indicate potential cost savings from increased use of midwifery care for low-risk deliveries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7834

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Health Care Markets
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
medical technology
birth
midwife
mortality

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Daysal, N. Meltem
Trandafir, Mircea
van Ewijk, Reyn
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Daysal, N. Meltem
  • Trandafir, Mircea
  • van Ewijk, Reyn
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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