Hospital Proximity and Mortality in Australia

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jan 2018 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Andrew Leung;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3302381 , 10.3390/risks7030081

handle: 10419/257919

Hospital Proximity and Mortality in Australia

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Abstract

It is intuitive that proximity to hospitals can only improve the chances of survival from a range of medical conditions. This study examines the empirical evidence for this assertion, based on Australian data. While hospital proximity might serve as a proxy for other factors, such as indigenity, income, wealth or geography, the evidence suggests that proximity provides the most direct link to these factors. In addition, as it turns out, a very statistically significant one that transcends economies.

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Australian regional mortality, ddc:330, I11, hospital proximity, R11, heteroscedasticity, Insurance, I1, HG8011-9999

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