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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2020 Nov 9;75:102388. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102388

Table 8:

Summary of the causal effects found in this study

Blood pressure Hypertension Diagnosis Medication Knowledge Risky health behaviors Subjective health
RDD ⇓ ⇓ ⇑ – – – ↑
Matching ⇓ ⇓ ⇑ ⇑ – ↑ –

Note: Upwards (downwards) double arrows show the presence of positive (negative) and statistically significant effects at conventional levels (p-value=0.05). Upwards (downwards) arrows show the presence of positive (negative) and statistically significant effects at conventional levels on some dimensions of the characteristics considered. Dashes represent lack of statistically significant effects or not consistent/ambiguous effects across specifications.