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dc.contributor.authorGrytten, Jostein Ivar
dc.contributor.authorSkau, Irene
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Rune Jørgen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-01T11:35:48Z
dc.date.available2017-11-01T11:35:48Z
dc.date.created2017-09-11T11:36:32Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationHealth Policy. 2017, 121 (9), 986-993.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0168-8510
dc.identifier.issn1872-6054
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2463415
dc.descriptionThe accepted and peer reviewed manuscript to the articlenb_NO
dc.description.abstractLittle is known about how physicians and hospitals respond to the risk of being negatively exposed in the mass media. We assume that newspapers will cover events more closely in the areas where they have most of their circulation. Within such areas the likelihood of negative publicity increases. The research question is whether obstetricians respond to negative newspaper coverage by choosing the least risky method of delivery, i.e. Caesarean section. This was tested on a large set of data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway for the period 2000–2011. The Registry contains detailed medical information about all deliveries, for both the mother and the infant. This set of data was merged with a set of data that contained information about newspaper coverage for the municipalities in which all hospitals were located. Altogether, more than 620 000 deliveries in 46 municipalities were included in the study. The data were analyzed using a hospital fixed effects regression. The main result was that newspaper coverage had a significant positive effect on the probability of having a Caesarean section. Several supplementary analyses supported the main finding. Altogether, our results indicate that obstetricians are sensitive to the risk of being exposed in the mass media. This is likely to be because obstetricians care about their reputation.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.titleThe impact of the mass media on obstetricians' behavior in Norwaynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber986-993nb_NO
dc.source.volume121nb_NO
dc.source.journalHealth Policynb_NO
dc.source.issue9nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.07.007
dc.identifier.cristin1492611
dc.description.localcode1, Forfatterversjonnb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for samfunnsøkonomi
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