Abstract
We explore how access to modern hospitals and medicine affects mortality by leveraging efforts of The Duke Endowment to modernize hospitals in the early-twentieth century. The Endowment helped communities build and expand hospitals, obtain state-of-the-art medical technology, attract qualified medical personnel, and refine management practices. We find that Duke support increased the size and quality of the medical sector, fostering growth in not-for-profit hospitals and high-quality physicians. Duke funding reduced both infant mortality—with larger effects for Black infants than White infants—and long-run mortality. Finally, we find that communities aided by Duke benefited more from medical innovations.
Original language | English |
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Journal | American Economic Review |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 2201-2238 |
ISSN | 0002-8282 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2024 |
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Data and Code for: The Gift of a Lifetime: The Hospital, Modern Medicine, and Mortality
Hollingsworth, A. (Creator), Karbownik, K. (Contributor), Thomasson, M. A. (Contributor) & Wray, A. (Creator), American Economic Association, 3. Jul 2024
DOI: 10.3886/E197844V1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/197844/version/V1/view
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Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936–2007
Wray, A. (Creator), Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 16. Sept 2024
DOI: 10.3886/E207202V3, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/207202/version/V3/view
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