ERIC Number: ED627971
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jan
Pages: 69
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School-Based Healthcare and Absenteeism: Evidence from Telemedicine. Working Paper No. 276-0123
Komisarow, Sarah; Hemelt, Steven W.
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
The prevalence of school-based healthcare has increased markedly over the past decade. We study a modern mode of school-based healthcare, telemedicine, that offers the potential to reach places and populations with historically low access to such care. School-based telemedicine clinics (SBTCs) provide students with access to healthcare during the regular school day through private videoconferencing with a healthcare provider. We exploit variation over time in SBTC openings across schools in three rural districts in North Carolina. We find that school-level SBTC access reduces the likelihood that a student is chronically absent by 2.5 percentage points (29 percent) and reduces the number of days absent by about 0.8 days (10 percent). Relatedly, access to an SBTC increases the likelihood of math and reading test-taking by between 1.8-2.0 percentage points (about 2 percent). Heterogeneity analyses suggest that these effects are driven by male students. Finally, we see suggestive evidence that SBTC access reduces violent or weapons-related disciplinary infractions among students but has little influence on other forms of misbehavior.
Descriptors: Health Services, School Health Services, Attendance, Access to Health Care, Telecommunications, Videoconferencing, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Test Wiseness, Behavior Patterns, Students
National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research. American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-403-5796; Fax: 202-403-6783; e-mail: info@caldercenter.org; Web site: https://caldercenter.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) at American Institutes for Research
Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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