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Methodology and reporting characteristics of studies using interrupted time series design in healthcare

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019
Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard when evaluating the causal effects of healthcare interventions. When RCTs cannot be used (e.g.
Jemma Hudson, Shona Fielding, Craig R. Ramsay   +2 more
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s true death toll in Iran after two years: an interrupted time series analysis of weekly all-cause mortality data

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction : This study aimed to investigate overall and age group/region/sex-specific excess all-cause mortality from the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran until February 2022.
Reza Ebrahimoghli, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Eslam Moradi-Asl, Davoud Adham   +3 more
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Time modifier billing code - an interrupted time series analysis

Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2021
Time modifier billing code: Interrupted time series analysis. Terrence McDonald, Brendan Cord Lethebe, Alistair McGuire, Lee Green Background: Alberta has the highest percentage of fee-for-service Family Physicians in Canada at over 80%. In 2019 as part of a cost containment strategy, the Alberta government proposed a policy change to eliminate the ...
Terrence McDonald, Brendan Lethebe, Alistair McGuire, Lee Green   +3 more
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Effect of a tailored sepsis treatment protocol on patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia: results of an interrupted time series analysis

Implementation Science, 2022
Background Despite improvement, sepsis mortality rates remain high, with an estimated 11 million sepsis-related deaths globally in 2017 (Rudd et. al, Lancet 395:200-211, 2020).
Lisa M. Puchalski Ritchie, Lemlem Beza, Finot Debebe, Andualem Wubetie, Kathleen Gamble, Gerald Lebovic, Sharon E. Straus, Tigist Zewdu, Aklilu Azazh, Cheryl Hunchak, Megan Landes, Dawit Kebebe Huluka   +11 more
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Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Henan, China: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate the possible impact of lockdown policies on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients in Henan, China.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsWe collected data from the Henan Cancer Hospital, affiliated with Zhengzhou University ...
Changpeng Liu, Heng Piao, Tao Zhang, Dongjian Yang, Xiaoyan Li, Xiance Tang   +5 more
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Using Simulation to Analyze Interrupted Time Series Designs

Evaluation Review, 2022
We are sometimes forced to use the Interrupted Time Series (ITS) design as an identification strategy for potential policy change, such as when we only have a single treated unit and cannot obtain comparable controls. For example, with recent county- and state-wide criminal justice reform efforts, where judicial bodies have changed bail setting ...
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The effect of the great Kermanshah earthquake on the tuberculosis infection trend: interrupted time series analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases
Objectives Tuberculosis (TB) presents a substantial danger to populations experiencing crises like earthquakes. This study aims to explore the effect of the Kermanshah earthquake on the trend of TB.
Ehsan Mardani-Talaee, Yahya Salimi, Fatemeh Heydarpour, Mitra Darbandi, Gholamreza Abdoli   +4 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on road crashes in Thailand

IATSS Research
The main goal of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on road crashes in Thailand using time series and interrupted time series analysis.
Apichai Tongpradubpetch, Kunnawee Kanitpong   +1 more
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Are tobacco control policies effective? Interrupted time series analysis of routine tobacco surveillance ‎data: opportunities and challenges ‎

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2019
Introduction Tobacco control policies intend to impact long-term indicators of population health via ‎reducing the prevalence of tobacco use (POTU). Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis gives opportunities ‎in analyzing routinely collected longitudinal
Tatiana Andreeva
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An interrupted time series analysis of the cardiovascular health benefits of a coal coking operation closure

Environmental Research: Health, 2023
With the widespread implementation of air pollution mitigation strategies for health and climate policy, there is an emerging interest in accountability studies to validate whether a reduction of air pollution exposure, in fact, produces the human health
Wuyue Yu, George D Thurston
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