Avraham, Ronen; Schanzenbach, Max - In: Journal of Health Economics 39 (2015) C, pp. 273-288
This paper analyzes the effect of non-economic damage caps on the treatment intensity of heart attack victims. We focus on whether a patient receives a major intervention in the form of either a coronary artery by-pass or angioplasty. We find strong evidence that treatment intensity declines...