Lichtenberg, Frank R. - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 1, pp. 135-177
I analyze the effects of four types of medical innovation and cancer incidence on US cancer mortality rates during the …-adjusted cancer mortality rate during 2000–2009. Drug innovation and imaging innovation are estimated to have reduced the cancer … mortality rate by 8.0 and 4.0%, respectively. The decline in incidence is estimated to have reduced the cancer mortality rate by …