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Luck of the Draw: The Causal Effect of Physicians on Birth Outcomes

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dc.contributor.authorPosso, Christian
dc.contributor.authorTamayo, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorGuarin, Arlen
dc.contributor.authorSaravia, Estefania
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-13T15:25:37Z
dc.date.available2025-06-13T15:25:37Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-13
dc.description.abstractThis paper estimates the effect on birth outcomes of a mother’s being treated by more-skilled versus less-skilled physicians, by exploiting a Colombian government program that randomly assigned newly graduated physicians to local health centers. It estimates the impact on 255,089 children whose mothers received care in the local health centers using administrative data from the program, local health centers’ vital statistics records, and records from physicians’ mandatory graduation exams. The findings show that mothers treated at local health centers with more-skilled physicians were 9.14 percent less likely to give birth to an unhealthy baby, potentially because the more-skilled physicians better targeted care toward more-vulnerable mothers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099427106112514475
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-11143
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43333
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 11143
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPHYSICIANS' SKILLS
dc.subjectBIRTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE
dc.titleLuck of the Drawen
dc.title.subtitleThe Causal Effect of Physicians on Birth Outcomesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-06-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-06-15T02:11:27.388009Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-06-13T14:06:33Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099427106112514475
okr.guid099427106112514475
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-6cf60c35-db63-42ca-bffc-5c8d028d8955
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11143
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okr.identifier.reportWPS11143
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America and Caribbean
okr.region.countryColombia
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Policy and Management
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health and Poverty
okr.unitDIME2 - DIME Gender
okr.unitEco Opp ＆ Fragility
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