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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ J Econ Policy. 2023 Nov;15(4):37–74. doi: 10.1257/pol.20210625
Move from Base with MTF Move from Base without MTF
(1)
Mean
(2)
β
(3)
Mean
(4)
β
Bed Days 2.160 0.149***
(0.052)
2.158 0.139**
(0.055)
Bassinet Days 2.346 0.125
(0.100)
2.385 0.090
(0.121)
RWP 0.503 0.010***
(0.003)
0.504 0.008**
(0.003)
Procedures 2.141 0.102
(0.108)
2.124 0.082
(0.106)
Diagnostics 0.102 0.065***
(0.015)
0.097 0.065***
(0.022)
C-Section 0.279 0.028***
(0.006)
0.286 0.025***
(0.006)
Severe Complication 0.036 −0.026***
(0.004)
0.036 −0.013**
(0.005)
Preventable Complication 0.193 −0.086***
(0.020)
0.184 −0.090***
(0.018)
Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity 0.012 −0.003
(0.002)
0.011 0.000
(0.002)
28-Day Infant Mortality (per 1,000) 0.825 −0.539
(0.776)
0.772 −0.450
(0.749)
1-Year Infant Mortality (per 1,000) 1.597 −0.549
(0.977)
1.544 −1.720
(0.982)
Unplanned Readmissions (per 1,000) 12.498 −4.692**
(2.089)
11.460 −7.335***
(2.698)
Unplanned Child Readmit (per 1,000) 36.414 −8.434*
(4.878)
35.566 −1.290
(6.408)
30-Day Child Hosp. (per 1,000) 55.122 −15.457**
(5.880)
52.064 −12.719
(8.895)
1-Year Unplanned Child Hosp. (per 1,000) 85.784 −11.814*
(6.416)
82.128 8.801
(7.676)
Any 1-Year Child Hosp. (per 1,000) 104.159 −20.274***
(7.303)
98.913 −1.978
(9.560)
N 58,144 37,629

Notes: All estimates considered in this table use the first difference between the current and prior birth admission. Means are for the current birth. The sample is split by whether the nearest base at the time of the prior birth had a hospital-level military treatment facility (MTF). All regressions use the preferred instrumented specification and include controls for calendar year, age group, sponsor’s pay grade and occupation, and sponsor’s race. Standard errors are clustered at the base level.