Methods for evaluating changes in health care policy: The difference-in-differences approach

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2401-2402

  Dimick, Justin B ^a,b,c   Ryan, Andrew M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DUTY HOUR REFORM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84916920359     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.16153     Document Type: Article

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