Day: August 11, 2014

Healthcare Triage: Switzerland

Aaron Carroll August 11, 2014

Last time was Germany. This time it’s Switzerland: Switzerland! It’s a gorgeous alpine nation of 8 million people. It’s a parliamentary republic made up of

Adventures in Indiana State Fair Food 2014

Aaron Carroll August 11, 2014

I’ve done this enough that friends have sometimes asked if they could accompany us on our yearly adventure. Two families were supposed to join us,

Methods: There are bad IV studies, but IV is not bad

Austin Frakt August 11, 2014

In a post last week—which you should read if you don’t know what an “instrumental variable” (IV) is—I described the key assumption for a good

Day: August 11, 2014

Healthcare Triage: Switzerland

Adventures in Indiana State Fair Food 2014

Methods: There are bad IV studies, but IV is not bad

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