Do Doctors Improve the Health Care of Their Parents? Evidence from Admission Lotteries
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2022 · Elisabeth Artmann、Hessel Oosterbeek、Bas van der Klaauw
Abstract
To assess the importance of unequal access to medical expertise and services, we estimate the causal effects of having a child who is a doctor on parents' mortality and health care use. We use data from parents of almost 22,000 participants in admission lotteries to medical school in the Netherlands. Our findings indicate that informal access to medical expertise and services is not an important cause of differences in health care use and mortality. (JEL H51, I11, I12, I14, I18)