An Impact Evaluation of the Strategy for Normal Birth Care on Caesarean Section Rates and Perinatal Mortality in Spain
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Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59023DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.11.003
ISSN: 0168-8510
Date
2022Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de EconomíaBibliographic citation
Health Policy, 2022, v. 126, p. 24-34
Keywords
Health policy
Impact evaluation
Caesarean
Births
Perinatal mortality
Public and private hospitals
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
The objectives of this research are to evaluate the impact of a health policy (the Strategy for Normal Birth Care, EAPN) on caesarean rates and perinatal mortality in Spanish public hospitals belonging to the National Health System (NHS) and to assess the related cost savings. Data from the Spanish Ministry of Health for the period 2002 −2011 and quantitative impact evaluation techniques (double difference method) are used to compare the effects of this policy in a treatment group composed of the NHS hos- pitals and a control group made up of private for-profit hospitals outside the scope of the EAPN. Both groups are compared some years before and after the health policy initiated in 2006 and approved in October 2007. The estimation results show that the EAPN had a significant effect in reducing caesarean rates of approximately 2 percentage points between 2007 and 2011, with increasing cost savings over the years ranging from 24 to 44 million euros depending on the year. Furthermore, EAPN reduced perinatal mortality levels by 0.08% in years 20 08 −20 09.
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