| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w14522 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 14522 |
| Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns | |
| Douglas Almond; Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.; Amanda E. Kowalski; Heidi Williams | |
| 发表日期 | 2008-12-05 |
| 出版年 | 2008 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We estimate marginal returns to medical care for at-risk newborns by comparing health outcomes and medical treatment provision on either side of common risk classifications, most notably the "very low birth weight" threshold at 1500 grams. First, using data on the census of US births in available years from 1983-2002, we find evidence that newborns with birth weights just below 1500 grams have lower one-year mortality rates than do newborns with birth weights just above this cutoff, even though mortality risk tends to decrease with birth weight. One-year mortality falls by approximately one percentage point as birth weight crosses 1500 grams from above, which is large relative to mean one-year mortality of 5.5% just above 1500 grams. Second, using hospital discharge records for births in five states in available years from 1991-2006, we find evidence that newborns with birth weights just below 1500 grams have discontinuously higher costs and frequencies of specific medical inputs. We estimate a $4,000 increase in hospital costs as birth weight approaches 1500 grams from above, relative to mean hospital costs of $40,000 just above 1500 grams. Taken together, these estimates suggest that the cost of saving a statistical life of a newborn with birth weight near 1500 grams is on the order of $550,000 in 2006 dollars. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14522 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572197 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Douglas Almond,Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.,Amanda E. Kowalski,et al. Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns. 2008. |
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| w14522.pdf（490KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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