The Placebo Blocker
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Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
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The benefit of randomized controlled trials is that one can identify the causal effect of a certain treatment in the absence of selection effects (assuming the randomization is properly done). However, RCT results often do not generalize to the larger population. Reasons for this include: The RCT population may not be representative of the population…