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Impacts of Hospital Wait Time on Health and Labor Supply

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  • Godoey, Anna
  • Haaland, Venke Furre
  • Huitfeldt, Ingrid
  • Votruba, Mark

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We estimate the effects of wait time for orthopedic surgery on health and labor market outcomes of Norwegian workers. Our identification strategy exploits variation in wait times for surgery generated by the idiosyncratic variation in system congestion at the time of referral. While we find no significant evidence of lasting health effects, longer wait times have persistent negative effects on subsequent labor supply. For every 10 days spent waiting for surgery, we estimate health-related workplace absences increase 8.7 days over the five years following referral, and the likelihood of permanent disability insurance increases by 0.4 percentage point. Cost benefit calculations point to sizable fiscal savings from shorter wait times

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  • Godoey, Anna & Haaland, Venke Furre & Huitfeldt, Ingrid & Votruba, Mark, 2019. "Impacts of Hospital Wait Time on Health and Labor Supply," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt32d4g5xh, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
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