Over the last few decades, health care services in the United States have become more geographically centralized. We … study how the loss of hospital-based obstetric units in over 400 counties affect maternal and infant health via a difference …-sections. In contrast to concerns voiced in the public discourse, the effects on a range of maternal and infant health outcomes are …

Background: India’s health sector witnessed some major policy changes in 1990s that aimed at making health services … people were having greater likelihood of using services from private health care provider. Conclusion: Interestingly, poor … that the shift from private to public sector is encouraging, provided they receive good quality health care services at …

regulation in the United States and that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act missed many opportunities to centralize …