A quantitative assessment of the frequency and magnitude of heterogeneous treatment effects in studies of the health effects of social policies

• Main Authors: Dakota W. Cintron (Author), Laura M. Gottlieb (Author), Erin Hagan (Author), May Lynn Tan (Author), David Vlahov (Author), M. Maria Glymour (Author), Ellicott C. Matthay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Substantial heterogeneity in effects of social policies on health across subgroups may be common, but has not been systematically characterized. Using a sample of 55 contemporary studies on health effects of social policies, we recorded how often heterogeneous treatment effects (HTEs) were assessed,...