Our results document a sharp equalization of infant mortality rates across provinces between 2000 and 2002, consistent with the increased access to care for the poor, leading to a reduction in their infant mortality rates. Our analysis relies on cross-sectional variation, and it allows for time-series changes in the infant mortality rate due to various within country factors, including time-varying
changes in aggregate measurement error. As a result, we cannot extrapolate our analysis to an implied aggregate reduction in infant mortality without additional assumptions.