Neighbourhood, Family and Health Care

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Abstract
The effects of family and place on health outcomes may be seriously misestimated by standard analytic techniques. The information-rich settings in several Canadian provinces can provide appropriate designs to minimize biases resulting from omitted variables and measurement error. This paper compares siblings with children living in the same neighbourhood (but not in the same family) in terms of health care utilization and health care costs. A complete history of residential mobility since birth permits an estimate of the effects of exposure to different environments.