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The Value of Pain Relief

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  • Carina Furnee
  • Marius Kemler
  • Gerard A. Pfann

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This paper measures the value of functional capacity improvement from electronic pain treatment among a sample of Dutch workers with peripheral nerve injuries. Randomized clinical trial data and individual medical records from injured workers are compared with administrative data of healthy workers to calibrate the treatment’s net present value of capacity improvement. The value of basic improvement averages 109,000 Dutch 1995 guilders or 25 percent of the total earnings loss without treatment. The value of advanced improvement, when on-the-job learning capacity is recovered, amounts to 150,000 Dutch guilders or 32 percent for workers with university education.

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  • Carina Furnee & Marius Kemler & Gerard A. Pfann, 2001. "The Value of Pain Relief," Working Papers 0111, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago.
    • Handle: RePEc:har:wpaper:0111
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    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior

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