Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Guide to recent advances in difference-in-differences methodology for population health studies

Background Difference-in-differences is a method commonly used in population health research. It is based on assumptions that ...
Nature

Negative control-calibrated difference-in-difference analyses: addressing unmeasured confounding in RWD with application to racial/ethnic differences

Real-world data (RWD) from electronic health records and digital health databases present unique opportunities to study causal effects in healthcare. While Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analysis is ...
Nature

Understanding carbon resilience under public health emergencies: a synthetic difference-in-differences approach

Public health emergencies influence urban carbon emissions, yet an in-depth understanding of deviations between regional emissions under such emergencies and normal levels is lacking. Inspired by the ...