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Estimating returns to hospital volume : Evidence from advanced cancer surgery
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- Avdic, Daniel (författare)
- Univ Duisburg Essen, Duisburg, Germany;CINCH Essen, Essen, Germany,University of Duisburg-Essen
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- Lundborg, Petter (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Department of Economics,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Institute of Labor Economics
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- Vikström, Johan, 1979- (författare)
- Uppsala University,Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU)
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- Elsevier, 2019
- 2019
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Health Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0167-6296 .- 1879-1646. ; 63, s. 81-99
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Abstract
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- High-volume hospitals typically perform better than low-volume hospitals. In this paper, we study whether such patterns reflect a causal effect of case volume on patient outcomes. To this end, we exploit closures and openings of entire cancer clinics in Swedish hospitals which provides sharp and arguably exogenous variation in case volumes. Using detailed register data on more than 100,000 treatment episodes of advanced cancer surgery, our results suggest substantial positive effects of operation volume on survival. Complementary analyses point to learning-by-doing as an important explanation. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Hospital case volume
- Learning-by-doing
- Cancer surgery
- Survival
- Causal effect
- Cancer surgery
- Causal effect
- Hospital case volume
- Learning-by-doing
- Survival
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