Glossary Term

RDD

Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) is a quasi-experimental approach exploiting a threshold in treatment assignment to estimate causal effects in observational healthcare and policy research.

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Related terms
DiD IV PS
Further reading
Wikipedia: Regression Discontinuity Design Sasabuchi 2022: Intro to RDD Browse the HEOR resource database

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