Interpretation of the individual effect under treatment spillover
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2019-02-05 v1 Methodology
Abstract
Some interventions may include important spillover or dissemination effects between study participants. For example, vaccines, cash transfers, and education programs may exert a causal effect on participants beyond those to whom individual treatment is assigned. In a recent paper, Buchanan et al. provide a causal definition of the "individual effect" of an intervention in networks of people who inject drugs. In this short note, we discuss the interpretation of the individual effect when a spillover or dissemination effect exists.
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@article{arxiv.1902.01377,
title = {Interpretation of the individual effect under treatment spillover},
author = {Forrest W. Crawford and Olga Morozova and Ashley L. Buchanan and Donna Spiegelman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.01377},
year = {2019}
}