A comparison of four quasi-experimental methods: an analysis of the introduction of activity-based funding in Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health services research often relies on quasi-experimental study designs in the estimation of treatment effects of a policy change or an intervention. The aim of this study is to compare some of the commonly used non-experimental methods in estimating intervention effects, and to highlight their relative strengths and weaknesses. We estimate the effects of Activity-Based Funding, a hospital financing reform of Irish public hospitals, introduced in 2016.

Methods

We estimate and compare four analytical methods: Interrupted time series analysis, Difference-in-Differences, Propensity Score Matching Difference-in-Differences and the Synthetic Control method. Specifically, we focus on the comparison between the control-treatment methods and the non-control-treatment ap

SUBMITTER: Valentelyte G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9635092 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature