Journal of health economics
What happens to population health when the doctors leave? Evidence from the exit of Cuban doctors in Brazil.
Stefan Sliwa Ruiz, Malte Becker, Thomas Hone, Rudi Rocha
Published: 202610.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103099
Abstract
This paper studies the effects of a large-scale exit of doctors on population health outcomes, health production inputs, outputs, and health system adaptation in Brazil. Identification exploits the exogenous timing of the Cuban exit from municipaliti…
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