Emulating a target trial of intensive nurse home visiting in the policy-relevant population using linked administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Populations willing to participate in randomized trials may not correspond well to policy-relevant target populations. Evidence of effectiveness that is complementary to randomized trials may be obtained by combining the 'target trial' causal inference framework with whole-of-population linked administrative data.

Methods

We demonstrate this approach in an evaluation of the South Australian Family Home Visiting Program, a nurse home visiting programme targeting socially disadvantaged families. Using de-identified data from 2004-10 in the ethics-approved Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform, we characterized the policy-relevant population and emulated a trial evaluating effects on child developmental vulnerability at 5 years (n = 4160) and

SUBMITTER: Moreno-Betancur M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9908050 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature