The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality /

We study the costs of hospitalizations on patients' earnings and labor supply, using the universe of hospital admissions in Denmark and full-population tax data. We evaluate the quality of treatment based on its ability to mitigate the labor market consequences of a given diagnosis and propose...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helso, Anne-Line Koch
Other Authors: Pierri, Nicola, Wang, Adelina Yanyue
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/173
Online Access:Full text available on IMF