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RCT results may not transfer to scale

Cost-effectiveness estimates must be qualified because randomized controlled trials are conducted under tightly monitored conditions (e.g., researchers checking daily that nets are used) and at higher baseline mortality and poverty levels than today's national-scale distributions, raising the question of how valid old study results are to current real-world deployment.

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Speaker

Elie Hassenfeld

Evidence Quote

the underlying levels of child mortality of malaria--of poverty--were much higher 25, 30 years ago when many of the malaria net RCTs were conducted. So, there have been changes in the underlying--the question is, how valid are the results from those studies to today's experience?

Source

Elie Hassenfeld on GiveWellEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:29:30 AM

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