Generalizing Treatment Effect Estimates From Sample to Population: A Case Study in the Difficulties of Finding Sufficient Data.

Title : Generalizing Treatment Effect Estimates From Sample to Population: A Case Study in the Difficulties of Finding Sufficient Data

Source : PubMed
ID : 27491758
Authors : Stuart EA, Rhodes A
Year : 2016
Disease Category : Not Specified
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : misc / PATE
Single-study Generalibility? : Single
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : We use a case study to illustrate how to generalize treatment effect estimates from a randomized trial sample to a target population, in particular comparing the sample of children in a randomized trial of a supplemental program for Head Start centers (
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : No
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Real-world data sources : National data (Head Start Impact Study)
Target Population Data Type Levels : National