Interpretation of the Individual Effect Under Treatment Spillover.

Interpretation of the Individual Effect Under Treatment Spillover.
Am J Epidemiol. 2019 May 16;:
Authors: Crawford FW, Morozova O, Buchanan AL, Spiegelman D
Abstract
Some interventions are intended to benefit both individuals and the groups to which they belong. When a treatment to one individual exerts a causal effect on others, the treatment is said to exhibit spillover, dissemination, or interference. However, defining meaningful causal effects under spillover can be challenging. In this commentary, we discuss the meaning of the "individual effect", a quantity proposed to summarize the effect of treatment on the individual who receives it, when spillover may be present.
PMID: 31094425 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Am J Epidemiol - May 15, 2019 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Crawford FW, Morozova O, Buchanan AL, Spiegelman D Tags: Am J Epidemiol Source Type: research