Evaluating disease management programme effectiveness: An introduction to the regression discontinuity design

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-131

  Linden, Ariel ^a   Adams, John L ^b   Roberts, Nancy ^c  

^a LINDEN CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cut off point; Disease management; Evaluation; Observational study designs; Regression discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; CUT OFF POINT; CUT OFF SCORE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRE POST RELATIONSHIP; PRETEST MEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN; REGRESSION TO THE MEAN; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33644924883     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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