Was Civil War surgery effective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11253248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew J Baker (0000-0002-1573-4889, Department of Economics, Hunter College and the Graduate Center) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-61 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Methods A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-5440 • E-ISSN: 1940-1906 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01615440.2017.1408440 |
| OpenAlex | W2569562724 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
During the U.S. Civil War surgeons performed a vast number of surgeries. Whether surgery increased wounded soldiers’ chances of survival has been debated ever since. I analyze a unique observational data set gathered by Dr. Edmund Andrews, a surgeon with the 1st Illinois Light Artillery. I use Dr. Andrews’s data, model selection tools, and doubly robust estimation methods to estimate treatment effects from surgery. I find that surgery increased wounded soldiers’ chances of survival by 0.09–0.16, depending on the specific model of surgical procedure
General surgery · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Diversity and Career in Medicine · History · History of Medical Practice · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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