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Patient enrollment in medical trials: Selection bias in a randomized experiment by Anup Malani is a Economics, Econometrics and Finance article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Patient enrollment in medical trials: Selection bias in a randomized experiment about?
Self-selection can bias estimates of treatment effects from randomized experiments if one is interested in extrapolating results to the general population. This paper notes that there is an isomorphism between the Roy model for the sorting of workers into sectors and the decision of subjects to participate in randomized experiments. The main implication is that, as the probability of receiving active treatment rises, patients who are less optimistic about new treatment will begin to enroll and estimates of treatment effects will fall. This, in turn, implies that selection bias is positive. These findings are confirmed with data from trials of ulcer medications.
Who reads Patient enrollment in medical trials: Selection bias in a randomized experiment?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Economics, Econometrics and Finance.
- Author
- Anup Malani
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0304-4076)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)