How is health equity considered in policy evaluations employing quasi-experimental methods? A scoping review and content analysis
Kerstin Sell,
Setareh Rabbani,
Jacob Burns
Abstract:Public health researchers employ quasi-experimental methods (QEM) to evaluate the effects of policies. Whilst some policies are designed to improve (health) equity, others may intentionally or unintentionally have detrimental effects on disadvantaged populations. We thus sought to investigate how health equity is addressed in policy evaluations which employ QEM. We conducted a content analysis on studies sourced from a scoping review. We drew a random sample of 350 records identified in systematic database sea… Show more
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