Table 3:
Second 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 | 2.132 | 2.225 | 0.092 | 5.192* | 2.211 | 2.143 | −0.068 | 3.230* | 1.541 |
| Bassinet Days | 2.294 | 2.433 | 0.139 | 3.460* | 2.443 | 2.392 | −0.051 | 0.997 | 1.963 |
| RWP | 0.501 | 0.509 | 0.008 | 5.205* | 0.508 | 0.504 | −0.005 | 2.534* | 2.219* |
| Procedures | 2.122 | 2.183 | 0.062 | 5.564* | 2.186 | 2.097 | −0.089 | 6.969* | 1.315 |
| Diagnostics | 0.084 | 0.122 | 0.038 | 4.977* | 0.111 | 0.088 | −0.023 | 2.636* | 2.019 |
| C-Section | 0.277 | 0.295 | 0.019 | 4.422* | 0.298 | 0.284 | −0.014 | 2.867* | 1.272 |
| Panel 2: Outcomes | |||||||||
| Severe Complication | 0.041 | 0.026 | −0.015 | 8.411* | 0.031 | 0.039 | 0.008 | 3.980* | 3.731* |
| Preventable Complication | 0.214 | 0.151 | −0.063 | 17.070* | 0.150 | 0.205 | 0.055 | 13.118* | 3.454* |
| Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity | 0.013 | 0.011 | −0.002 | 1.954 | 0.010 | 0.011 | 0.001 | 1.294 | 0.618 |
| 28-Day Infant Mortality (per 1,000) | 0.948 | 0.780 | −0.168 | 0.587 | 1.056 | 0.728 | −0.327 | 1.023 | 1.412 |
| 1-Year Infant Mortality (per 1,000) | 1.749 | 1.680 | −0.069 | 0.174 | 1.619 | 1.613 | −0.006 | 0.014 | 0.166 |
| Unplanned Readmission (per 1,000) | 13.179 | 10.731 | −2.448 | 2.356* | 8.246 | 14.010 | 5.764 | 4.977* | 2.236* |
| Unplanned Child Readmission (per 1,000) | 38.314 | 32.363 | −5.951 | 3.301* | 32.737 | 36.725 | 3.988 | 1.956 | 1.173 |
| 30-Day Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 59.012 | 48.031 | −10.981 | 4.997* | 46.217 | 55.865 | 9.648 | 3.935* | 0.968 |
| 1-Year Unplanned Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 89.333 | 80.275 | −9.058 | 3.346* | 78.767 | 84.803 | 6.036 | 1.981 | 1.202 |
| Any 1-Year Child Hosp. (per 1,000) | 109.814 | 95.761 | −14.052 | 4.764* | 92.645 | 104.181 | 11.536 | 3.486* | 1.135 |
| Sup-T Critical Value (0.05) | 2.153 | 2.172 | 2.153 | ||||||
| Share Giving Birth Off−Base | 0.297 | 0.983 | 0.989 | 0.318 | |||||
| N | 31,671 | 17,581 | 14,967 | 19,820 | |||||
Notes: Column 1 shows means for second-birth outcomes for mothers who lived within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at the time of first birth, and who moved to within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at a different base. Column 2 shows second-birth outcome means for mothers who also lived within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at the time of first birth, but who moved to a different base and were no longer within 40 miles of an MTF hospital. 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 second-birth outcome means for mothers who did not live within 40 miles of an MTF hospital at the time of first birth. 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. 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).