Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials*.

This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment of Black patients in clinical trials. We develop a simple model of similarity-based extrapolation that predicts that evidence is more relevant for decision-making by physicians and patients when it is more representative of the grou...

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Publicado en:Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 139; no. 1; pp. 575 - 636
Autores principales: Alsan, Marcella, Durvasula, Maya, Gupta, Harsh, Schwartzstein, Joshua, Williams, Heidi
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Feb2024
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