Curt Adams wrote:
>>>That sounds like a biased sample. People who die within six months are
>>>people for whom treatment has failed. If medical treatment works, they
>>>won't show up in the sample. Am I missing something?
>
>>I gave the URL for it - take a look for yourself:
>>http://nberws.nber.org/papers/W6513
>
>The abstract doesn't answer my questions; the paper has to be paid for.
A paper copy costs, but a pdf copy is available free from the web.
Robin Hanson
hanson@econ.berkeley.edu http://hanson.berkeley.edu/ RWJF Health Policy Scholar FAX: 510-643-8614140 Warren Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 94720-7360 510-643-1884 after 8/99: Assist. Prof. Economics, George Mason Univ.