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I mean... people who go to cancer clinic have cancer at a higher rate than those who don't. Cancer clinics cause cancer. And therapists create mentally unstable
by swsieber 3y ago
I mean... people who go to cancer clinic have cancer at a higher rate than those who don't. Cancer clinics cause cancer. And therapists create mentally unstable people, etc.
You wouldn't have to fork the universe. I think a randomly distributed trial would work, and could be reasonably made to work. Not sure though.
FWIW, I think we should prevent private equity in lots of places, especially hospitals.
- wpietri 3y agoI think doing a randomly distributed trial would be very challenging. How do you imagine funding it? How do you imagine getting PE to agree to buy random things rather than strategic things? Do you expect them to turn down 50% of almost-closed deals to keep it closer to random? How would you keep things being distorted by the money you'd be giving to PE to get them to change their behavior? And what additional knowledge do you hope to gain versus a study design like this one that would be justified by the much larger expense?