An empirical assessment of the Healthy Early Childhood Program in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

• Main Authors: Felipe Garcia Ribeiro (Author), Gisele Braun (Author), André Carraro (Author), Gibran da Silva Teixeira (Author), Denise Petrucci Gigante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: We investigate the effect of a family-based primary health care program (Healthly Early Childhood Program) on infant mortality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We estimate infant mortality's counterfactual trajectories using the differences-in-differences approach, combined...