Does the Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Rollout of Community Health Centers
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Esra Kose, University of California-Merced; Siobhan O'Keefe, Davidson College; Maria Rosales-Rueda, University of Delaware
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Project Citation:
Kose, Esra, O’Keefe, Siobhan , and Rosales-Rueda, Maria. Does the Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Rollout of Community Health Centers. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-06-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E207041V1
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Community Health Centers (CHCs) deliver primary care to underserved populations by locating sliding-scale clinics in disadvantaged areas. We investigate how this policy affected infant health using the rollout of CHCs and a flexible event study framework with Vital Statistics natality data. We find that maternal access to CHCs improves infant health outcomes within seven years after their introduction. Treatment-on-the-treated estimates show a 25- to 42-gram increase in birth weight and a 9\% to 16\% reduction in the likelihood of low birth weight. These improvements can be explained by increased access to early prenatal care and reductions in maternal smoking.
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