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Do Medical Treatments Work for Work? Evidence from Breast Cancer Patients

  • N. Meltem Daysal
  • William N. Evans
  • Mikkel Hasse Pedersen
  • Mircea Trandafir
蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy (Forthcoming)

Abstract

We investigate the effects of radiation therapy on the mortality and economic outcomes of breast cancer patients. We implement a 2SLS strategy within a difference-in-differences framework exploiting variation in treatment stemming from a medical guideline change in Denmark. We reproduce the results from an RCT showing the lifesaving benefits of radiotherapy. We then show radiation therapy also has economic returns: ten years after diagnosis, treatment increases employment by 37% and earnings by 45%. Previous work has documented a substantial employment drop after a breast cancer diagnosis. Our results imply that radiation therapy can reduce this effect by 70%.

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