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Regression-Discontinuity Design - Institute for Policy Research

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Cocaine Project<br />

• Included 500 patients addicted to cocaine<br />

• Purpose was to show whether intensive in‐patient<br />

rehabilitation showed better improvement <strong>for</strong> patients as<br />

opposed to outpatient care<br />

• Assignment variable was a composite score based on the<br />

following: 1) employment and legal status; 2) family<br />

relationship and recovery; 3) alcohol and drug history; 4)<br />

psychological status..<br />

• Patients with scores above 60 assigned to inpatient rehab;<br />

patients with scores less than 40 assigned outpatient<br />

rehab; those with scores 40‐60 in randomized trial.<br />

• Used RD‐RE design b/c randomized experiment was<br />

consider neither ethical nor feasible.

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