20 August 2019

The causal effect of hospital volume on health gains from hip replacement surgery

The causal effect of hospital volume on health gains from hip replacement surgery
Centre for Health Economics 20 August 2019
  • This study investigates the causal effect of hospital volume on the health gains of patients receiving a primary planned hip replacement procedure in the English NHS in 2015/16. It sought to test for the presence of economies of scale in health outcomes and concludes that hospital volume does not have a causal impact on patient-reported health outcomes for planned hip replacement.