Table 2:
First Birth Means
| Starting with MTF Access | Starting Without MTF Access | (3)+(7)=0 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | |
| MTF/ MTF | MTF/ No MTF | Difference | t-stat | No MTF/ No MTF | No MTF/ MTF | Difference | t-stat | t-stat | |
| Panel 1: Utilization | |||||||||
| Bed Days | 2.535 | 2.530 | −0.005 | 0.262 | 2.475 | 2.519 | 0.045 | 2.465* | 1.767 |
| Bassinet Days | 2.596 | 2.613 | 0.018 | 0.388 | 2.620 | 2.622 | 0.002 | 0.046 | 0.372 |
| RWP | 0.496 | 0.496 | −0.001 | 0.478 | 0.497 | 0.498 | 0.001 | 0.316 | 0.130 |
| Procedures | 2.492 | 2.486 | −0.005 | 0.389 | 2.316 | 2.289 | −0.027 | 2.020 | 2.007 |
| Diagnostics | 0.062 | 0.059 | −0.003 | 0.513 | 0.068 | 0.088 | 0.020 | 2.879* | 2.285* |
| C-Section | 0.236 | 0.232 | −0.004 | 1.088 | 0.251 | 0.254 | 0.003 | 0.719 | 0.287 |
| Panel 2: Outcomes | |||||||||
| Severe Complication | 0.053 | 0.056 | 0.004 | 1.757 | 0.041 | 0.040 | −0.001 | 0.312 | 1.348 |
| Preventable Complication | 0.292 | 0.287 | −0.005 | 1.222 | 0.233 | 0.225 | −0.008 | 1.687 | 2.506* |
| Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.000 | 0.366 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.002 | 2.095 | 2.128 |
| 28-Day Infant Mortality (per 1,000) | 1.420 | 1.462 | 0.042 | 0.116 | 1.286 | 1.223 | −0.063 | 0.161 | 0.035 |
| 1-Year Infant Mortality (per 1,000) | 2.543 | 2.775 | 0.232 | 0.472 | 3.025 | 2.194 | −0.831 | 1.480 | 0.888 |
| Unplanned Readmission (per 1,000) | 13.876 | 15.372 | 1.496 | 1.332 | 10.304 | 11.125 | 0.820 | 0.731 | 1.803 |
| Unplanned Child Readmission (per 1,000) | 40.705 | 42.311 | 1.606 | 0.837 | 36.819 | 38.574 | 1.755 | 0.820 | 1.439 |
| 30-Day Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 60.493 | 62.194 | 1.701 | 0.738 | 53.166 | 55.085 | 1.919 | 0.757 | 1.295 |
| 1-Year Unplanned Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 88.807 | 90.795 | 1.988 | 0.722 | 78.160 | 85.546 | 7.386 | 2.394* | 2.700* |
| Any 1-Year Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 108.266 | 111.018 | 2.752 | 0.916 | 94.112 | 101.807 | 7.696 | 2.306* | 2.787* |
| Sup-T Critical Value (0.05) | 2.153 | 2.168 | 2.154 | ||||||
| Share Giving Birth Off-Base | 0.266 | 0.267 | 0.971 | 0.971 | |||||
| N | 31,671 | 17,581 | 14,967 | 19,820 | |||||
Notes: Column 1 shows means for first-birth outcomes for mothers who lived within 40 miles of an MTF hospital, and who moved to within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at a different base at the time of their second birth. Column 2 shows first-birth means for mothers who also lived within 40 miles of an MTF hospital, but who moved to a different base and were no longer within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at the time of their second birth. Column 3 lists the difference between these groups. Column 4 gives the t-statistic from a t-test where the null hypothesis is that the means in column 1 and column 2 are the same. Columns 5 and 6 show first-birth outcome means for mothers who did not live within 40 miles of an MTF hospital. Mothers in column 5 moved to a different base, but remained more than 40 miles away from an MTF hospital, while those in column 6 moved to within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at a different base by the time of their second birth. Column 7 lists the difference between the means in columns 5 and 6, while column 8 reports the t-statistic for a t-test where the null hypothesis is that there is no difference. The t-statistics reported in column 9 are from a t-test where the null hypothesis is that the sum of columns 3 and 7 is zero. The sup-t critical values reported at the bottom adjust for multiple hypothesis testing as suggested by Olea and Plagborg-Møller (2019).