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Public Health Policy at Scale: Impact of a Government-sponsored Information Campaign on Infant Mortality in Denmark / Onur Altindag, Jane Greve, Erdal Tekin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altindag, Onur.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w28621.
- NBER working paper series no. w28621
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2021.
- Summary:
- We evaluate the impact of a nationwide public health intervention on deaths from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), using population data from Denmark in a regression discontinuity research design. The information campaign-implemented primarily through a universal nurse home visiting program-reduced infant mortality by 17.2 percent and saved between 11.6-13.5 lives over 10,000 births. The estimated effect sizes are 11-14 times larger among low birthweight and preterm infants relative to the overall population. Improvement in infant mortality is concentrated among those with low socio-economic status and with limited access to health information, thereby reducing health inequities at birth.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- March 2021.
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