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Table 12.3

Continued

Study

Outcome

Treatment

Treated/controls

Comments

Currie and Hotz(2004)

Childhood accidentrequiring medical attention

Child care regulations

Aged 0–4/aged 5–9

Davidoff

et al

.

(2005)

Employer-sponsoredinsurance coverage

Reforms of state regulationsof small group insurancemarket in US

Interacts indicators forreform with high/low riskand small/large firms

Uses DD and DDD estimateswith repeated cross-sections

Dawson

et al

.

(2007)

Waiting times inophthalmology

London patient choiceexperiment (LPCP)

LCPC hospitals/threecomparator groups: allhospitals in rest of England;a matched control group; allhospitals from four largemetropolitan areas

DD combined with PSM.The results show a smallreduction in average waitingtimes and reduced dispersionwithin the LPCP hospitals

Dranove

et al

.

(2003)

Health care expendituresand health outcomes forpatients receiving coronaryartery bypass graft (CABG)

Mandatory CABG reportcard laws adopted in NewYork State in 1991 andPennsylvania in 1993

Hospitals affected byreform/hospitals in otherstates

Use DD estimators in bothhospital level and patientlevel analyses. Find anadverse effect of report cardson outcomes, due to thepatient selection theyinduce. The validity of theDD strategy is assessed byusing a cohort of acutemyocardial infarction (AMI)patients who, as emergencyadmissions, should not besubject to patient selection

Dusheiko

et al

.

(2006)

Admissions to hospital(chargeable elective,non-chargeable elective andemergency)

Abolition of GP fundholdingin England

(Ex-)fundholders/non-fundholders

Find that abolition offundholding increasedadmissions