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  • Healthcare intervention evaluation
  • Public health policy analysis
  • Health economics

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  • Evaluating complex, system-wide healthcare interventions presents methodological challenges.
  • Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often infeasible for such large-scale programs.
  • Alternative quasi-experimental methods are necessary to assess intervention impact.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the application of the difference in differences (DiD) methodology.
  • To evaluate the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme (DCP) for advanced illness care.
  • To assess the feasibility and suitability of DiD for complex healthcare interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Difference in Differences (DiD) analysis was employed.
  • A pre-post comparison was conducted between an intervention site and a matched control site.
  • Key outcomes included place of death, inpatient admissions, length of stay, and costs.

Main Results:

  • Minor changes observed in the intervention site post-DCP implementation.
  • Slight increases in home deaths and median costs.
  • Slight decreases in inpatient admissions per patient and average length of stay per admission.
  • None of the observed changes reached statistical significance.

Conclusions:

  • Effect estimates were limited by small patient numbers and potential selection bias.
  • The choice of analytical method and output measures is critical for complex intervention evaluation.
  • The DiD approach is suitable for large-scale complex interventions, provided careful selection of outputs and control populations.