Suicide and Organ Donors: Spillover Effects of Mental Health Insurance Mandates
9 Pages Posted: 24 Jul 2012
Date Written: July 23, 2012
Abstract
This paper considers the effect of mental health insurance mandates on the supply of cadaveric donors. The mandate decreases the count of organ donors from suicides, specifically among females, causing the overall level of cadaveric donors to decrease by 0.69%.
Keywords: Organ Donation, mental health, insurance mandate, suicide
JEL Classification: I1
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