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Impacto de la implementación del Servicio de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME) sobre las muertes por accidentes de tránsito en la provincia de Buenos Aires

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  • Ivana Benzaquén
  • Nicolás Epele
  • Mariana Marchionni

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Este trabajo evalúa el impacto de la implementación del Servicio de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME) en la provincia de Buenos Aires sobre las muertes por accidentes viales a partir de información mensual sobre accidentes de tránsito de los 135 municipios de la provincia para los años 2016, 2017 y 2018. Se explota la variabilidad en el momento de implementación del SAME entre los municipios y el hecho de que algunos nunca adoptaron el servicio para identificar el efecto promedio para los municipios con SAME mediante la metodología de Diferencias en Diferencias. El principal resultado es que con la implementación del SAME se produce una reducción promedio de 15 defunciones cada mil accidentados, lo que representa un descenso de 19% con relación a la línea de base. Se realizan varios chequeos de robustez y los resultados se mantienen. De la descomposición de Goodman-Bacon (2019) se obtiene que el 44% del efecto promedio surge de la variabilidad en los momentos de implementación del SAME entre municipios.

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  • Ivana Benzaquén & Nicolás Epele & Mariana Marchionni, 2020. "Impacto de la implementación del Servicio de Atención Médica de Emergencias (SAME) sobre las muertes por accidentes de tránsito en la provincia de Buenos Aires," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4311, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
    • Handle: RePEc:aep:anales:4311
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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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