Browsing Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi by Journals "Nordic Journal of Health Economics"
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Mortality and subsequent healthcare use among older patients discharged to a municipality with excess demand for elderly care
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)There is limited knowledge on how excess demand for elderly care influences patient outcomes. We used a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of discharging elderly patients from hospital to municipalities with ... -
Socioeconomic status and children’s need for hospital services. Implications for need-based resource allocation models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We investigate whether parents´ socioeconomic status affects children´s need for hospital services, and potential implications for need-based resource allocation models. Data are from somatic hospital stays by children ...