Commentary: Quantile treatment effect of zinc lozenges on common cold duration: A novel approach to analyze the effect of treatment on illness duration.

Autor: Moss, Jonas
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Pharmacology; 2024, p1-3, 3p
Abstrakt: This document is a commentary on a study that analyzes the effect of zinc lozenges on the duration of the common cold. The author discusses the limitations of using average treatment effects and proposes the use of quantile treatment effects to better understand the impact of the lozenges on cold episodes of different lengths. The author argues that the quantile treatment effect should not be used to estimate conditional average treatment effects and emphasizes the importance of rigorous methods in evaluating treatment effects. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index