Table 1

The effects of More Doctors Programme (MDP) on the number of age-standardised ambulatory admissions (1000 people) and costs (1000 people, in BRL) for 1–4 years old, 5–19 years old, 20 and plus years old and all people

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
	Admissions				Costs of admissions (BRL)
Dep. Var.	1–4 years old	5–19 years old	20 or plus years old	All people	1–4 years old	5–19 years old	20 or plus years old	All people
POSTXMDP	−1.159**	−0.267	−0.470*	−0.491**	−68.824	−44.924	−500.029**	−483.909***
	(0.506)	(0.169)	(0.256)	(0.228)	(116.880)	(46.303)	(198.478)	(137.723)
2014XMDP	−0.627	−0.197	−0.369*	−0.366**	−44.928	−60.478	−429.683*	−455.002***
	(0.396)	(0.143)	(0.194)	(0.174)	(142.829)	(51.330)	(220.407)	(123.246)
2015XMDP	−1.100**	−0.162	−0.165	−0.260	−54.863	52.083	−614.807***	−400.747***
	(0.504)	(0.165)	(0.256)	(0.223)	(150.877)	(52.561)	(237.349)	(148.118)
2016XMDP	−0.913	−0.172	−0.394	−0.396	32.663	−124.706	−616.971**	−478.213***
	(0.593)	(0.192)	(0.288)	(0.255)	(175.730)	(76.250)	(262.344)	(166.213)
2017XMDP	−0.611	−0.140	−0.737**	−0.585*	21.198	−41.397	−545.543*	−617.931***
	(0.744)	(0.244)	(0.346)	(0.310)	(158.611)	(63.348)	(302.899)	(203.581)
Observations	55 679	55 679	55 679	55 679	55 679	55 679	55 679	55 679
R-squared	0.673	0.724	0.780	0.783	0.205	0.158	0.493	0.715
Mean Dep.Var.	21.76	8.033	18.16	15.86	1400	514	10 788	10 803
No. of clusters	5570	5570	5570	5570	5570	5570	5570	5570

The table presents estimates of the effects of MDP on the number of age-standardised ambulatory admissions and the costs (in BRL), by age group (1–4 years old, 5–19 years old, 20 and plus years old and all people). The number of admissions and costs are expressed per 1000 people. The estimates are from a difference-in-differences estimation where ‘POST’ takes value one if the year is after 2013 (2014–2017), and ‘MDP’ is an indicator for whether the municipality has at least an MDP doctor. Municipality and time fixed effects are included. SE are clustered at the municipality level. Significantly different than zero at 99 (***), 95 (**), 90 (*) per cent confidence.