💡 Takeaway: Reimbursement mandates are a powerful lever that reshape the healthcare workforce and expand access to maternal care. 6/6
📄 Full paper 👉 iza.org/publications...
#Medicaid #MaternalHealth #HealthPolicy #NurseMidwives

- CNMs’ pay + employment both rose
- The mechanism driving this result is high autonomy for CNMs through the scope of practice laws /5

🔑 What we found:
- CNM-attended deliveries ↑ 1.1pp (an 80% jump)
The biggest gains in midwife use are in areas with no prior CNM presence
- Hospitals are more willing to hire CNMs (though not with big cost savings) /4

We examine the effects of Medicaid reimbursement mandates on the share of deliveries attended by Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs), infant health outcomes, hospital expenditures, CNM employment, and wages. /3

📊 Using data from 1975–1985 Natality Detail Files (NCHS), Hospital Expenditure Data (AHRF), and Labor Market Data (BLS) /2

Olanrewaju Yusuff (@olayusuff.bsky.social) studies how healthcare access shapes population health—covering mental health (JMP), EMS, & maternal care. Using causal inference + new U.S./Nigeria data, he offers the first causal evidence on these vital questions
🔗 olanrewajuyusuffecon.github.io/website/

2025 Professional Development Training Participant: Olanrewaju Yusuff, PhD candidate in the Department of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. @olayusuff.bsky.social‬ @gsueconomics.bsky.social‬ (12/12)

Thanks Tej!

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