Drivers of racial differences in C-sections

A Corredor-Waldron, J Currie, M Schnell - 2024 - nber.org
Black mothers with unscheduled deliveries are 25 percent more likely to deliver by C-section
than non-Hispanic white mothers. The gap is highest for mothers with the lowest risk and is …

Racial Disparities in Cesarean Section Rates Between Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Populations in the United States

Y Yang, M Mullen, G Zhang - Atlantic Economic Journal, 2024 - Springer
This study uses national natality data from the National Vital Statistics System, provided by
the National Center for Health Statistics, covering the years 2011 to 2018 (N= 23,810,031) to …

Physicians' Treatment Behaviour: Drivers, Incentives, and Motivations

P De Souza Leão Spinola - 2024 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
There is evidence of large variation in medical treatments delivered across regions as well
as across physicians within the same clinical environment which is not explained by …

[PDF][PDF] Payment Contracts in Healthcare and Their Impact on C-section Rates

C McNamara, N Serna - 2024 - nsernab.github.io
A fundamental question in health economics is how financial incentives affect medical
treatment decisions. We study this question in the context of delivery procedure choice in …

[PDF][PDF] Payment Contracts in Healthcare and Their Impact on C-section Rates

C McNamara, N Serna - cicimcnamara.com
A fundamental question in health economics is how financial incentives affect medical
treatment decisions. We study this question in the context of delivery procedure choice in …