Announcing the Health Care Evaluation Toolkit

Today, we’re announcing the release of the “Health Care Evaluation Toolkit,” a new set of research resources for social scientists conducting randomized evaluations within health care contexts in the United States. It is our hope that these resources will support researchers interested in the health care system and demystify parts of the process that may be challenging or unclear. Moreover, we hope that these resources will strengthen the quality and rigor of randomized evaluations and thus better inform strategies to make health care delivery in the United States more efficient, effective, and equitable.?

These resources draw from a decade of experience at J-PAL North America conducting randomized evaluations in the health care context, building on the work of our Health Care Delivery Initiative and the MIT Roybal Center. Throughout the toolkit, we highlight lessons learned from past studies conducted by researchers in our network and translate them into actionable advice. In an accompanying blog post, we further highlight the voices of these researchers and their experiences.?

This toolkit also expands our North America Evaluation Toolkit, which supports randomized evaluations more broadly. I invite you to explore these additional resources and, if you’re interested in learning more about the resources or have ideas for future extensions, I invite you to reach out.??

Jesse Gubb | Senior Research Manager | J-PAL North America?

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