The Impact of Therapeutic Procedure Innovation on Hospital Patient Longevity: Evidence from Western Australia, 2000-2007

Frank R. Lichtenberg

NBER Working Paper No. 17414
Issued in September 2011

---- Acknowledgements -----

This research was conducted while the author was a visiting professor at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia). I am grateful to the Data Linkage Branch of the Western Australia Department of Health (http://www.datalinkage-wa.org/) for making their data available. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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