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Objective
To evaluate the effect of rural hospital closures on infant and maternal health outcomes.
Data Sources and Study Setting
We used restricted National Vital Statistics System birth and linked birth and infant death data, merged with county‐level hospital closures from the Sheps Center for the period 2005–2019.
Study Design
We used difference‐in‐difference and event study methods, employing...
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