Hospital closures: the great taboo

Great Falls Hospital Merger

At the request of counsel for the Montana Department of Justice (the "Department"), National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (NERA) has reviewed the public record relating to the application of two Great Falls hospitals to receive a Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) from the State of Montana. This record generally includes the materials, dated October 2, 1995, that were submitted by the...

How far to the hospital? The effect of hospital closures on access to care.

Do urban hospital closures affect health care access or health outcomes? We study closures in Los Angeles County between 1997 and 2003, through their effect on distance to the nearest hospital. We find that increased distance to the closest hospital increases deaths from heart attacks and unintentional injuries. This finding is robust to several sensitivity checks. We also find that, for reside...

The last taboo?

The Day Hospital Movement in Great Britain

Japan Tests the Nuclear Taboo

This article examines whether recent changes in the security environment, including North Korea’s nuclear test of October 2006, are driving Japan to consider the acquisition of its own nuclear deterrent. It argues that a combination of three factors have thus far sustained Japan’s nuclear restraint: (1) national identity as a non-nuclear weapon state, (2) commitment to global nuclear nonprolife...