Moser, André; Puhan, Milo A; Zwahlen, Marcel (2020). The role of causal inference in health services research II: a framework for causal inference. International journal of public health, 65(3), pp. 367-370. SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 10.1007/s00038-020-01334-1
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In a previous Hints and Kinks, we discussed the role of causal inference in tasks of health services research (HSR) using examples from health system interventions (Moser et al. 2020). In the present Hints and Kinks, we more formally introduce a principled framework for causal inference. Specifically, we discuss in more detail the role of counterfactuals for the definition of a causal effect and the ‘association is not causation’ adage. We continue on the example of a hospital merger (HM) as a health system intervention.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Zwahlen, Marcel |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
1661-8556 |
Publisher: |
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger |
Date Deposited: |
25 Feb 2020 14:27 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:36 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s00038-020-01334-1 |
PubMed ID: |
32052085 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.140689 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140689 |
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