02.05.2023 | Letter to the Editor
Eliminating Food Insecurity in the United States
verfasst von:
Rohit P. Ojha, DrPH, FACE, Yan Lu, MPH, MBBS
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2023
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Excerpt
We read with interest the study by Berkowitz et al.,
1 who aimed to assess the effect of a hypothetical intervention for food insecurity on quality of life using target trial emulation. We commend the authors for using target trial emulation, which provides a framework for designing and analyzing observational studies like randomized trials.
2 Unfortunately, a key benefit of target trial emulation was overlooked in the authors’ approach, which undermines the validity of effect estimates from this study and raises questions about whether the available data are suitable for addressing the aim. …