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Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study.

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Ackermann, RT; Kenrik Duru, O; Albu, JB; Schmittdiel, JA; Soumerai, SB; Wharam, JF; Ali, MK; Mangione, CM; Gregg, EW; NEXT-D Study Group
Published in: Am J Prev Med
June 2015

The high prevalence and costs of type 2 diabetes makes it a rapidly evolving focus of policy action. Health systems, employers, community organizations, and public agencies have increasingly looked to translate the benefits of promising research interventions into innovative policies intended to prevent or control diabetes. Though guided by research, these health policies provide no guarantee of effectiveness and may have opportunity costs or unintended consequences. Natural experiments use pragmatic and available data sources to compare specific policies to other policy alternatives or predictions of what would likely have happened in the absence of any intervention. The Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study is a network of academic, community, industry, and policy partners, collaborating to advance the methods and practice of natural experimental research, with a shared aim of identifying and prioritizing the best policies to prevent and control diabetes. This manuscript describes the NEXT-D Study group's multi-sector natural experiments in areas of diabetes prevention or control as case examples to illustrate the selection, design, analysis, and challenges inherent to natural experimental study approaches to inform development or evaluation of health policies.

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Am J Prev Med

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EISSN

1873-2607

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

48

Issue

6

Start / End Page

747 / 754

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Translational Research, Biomedical
  • Research Design
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Health Policy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 39 Education
 

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Ackermann, R. T., Kenrik Duru, O., Albu, J. B., Schmittdiel, J. A., Soumerai, S. B., Wharam, J. F., … NEXT-D Study Group. (2015). Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study. Am J Prev Med, 48(6), 747–754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.12.010
Ackermann, Ronald T., O. Kenrik Duru, Jeanine B. Albu, Julie A. Schmittdiel, Stephen B. Soumerai, James F. Wharam, Mohammed K. Ali, Carol M. Mangione, Edward W. Gregg, and NEXT-D Study Group. “Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study.Am J Prev Med 48, no. 6 (June 2015): 747–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2014.12.010.
Ackermann RT, Kenrik Duru O, Albu JB, Schmittdiel JA, Soumerai SB, Wharam JF, et al. Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Jun;48(6):747–54.
Ackermann, Ronald T., et al. “Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study.Am J Prev Med, vol. 48, no. 6, June 2015, pp. 747–54. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.12.010.
Ackermann RT, Kenrik Duru O, Albu JB, Schmittdiel JA, Soumerai SB, Wharam JF, Ali MK, Mangione CM, Gregg EW, NEXT-D Study Group. Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Jun;48(6):747–754.
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Published In

Am J Prev Med

DOI

EISSN

1873-2607

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

48

Issue

6

Start / End Page

747 / 754

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Translational Research, Biomedical
  • Research Design
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Humans
  • Health Policy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 39 Education