Avdic, Daniel; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2014 - 12th February, 2014
where stakes are high; advanced cancer surgery. For this purpose, we introduce a novel instrument that exploits closures and … Swedish public sector hospitals. Using detailed register data on more than 100,000 episodes of advanced cancer surgery our … results suggest positive effects of surgery volume on survival. In addition, we provide evidence on the mechanisms through …