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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor?
Zach Shahn, Mats Stensrud
Clinical trials usually target average treatment effects, but treatment decisions are made for individuals. This tension motivates a common criticism of evidence-based medicine: a…
Counterfactual Harm: A Counter-argument
Amit N. Sawant, Mats J. Stensrud
As AI systems are increasingly used to guide decisions, it is essential that they follow ethical principles. A core principle in medicine is non-maleficence, often equated with ``d…
Add-On Regimes and Their Relevance for Quantifying the Effects of Opioid-Sparing Treatments
Catharina Stoltenberg, Matias Janvin, Mats Julius Stensrud +2
Medical researchers and practitioners want to know if supplementing opioid treatments with other analgesics, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), can reduce opioi…
Variant Specific Treatment Effects with Applications in Vaccine Studies
Gellert Perenyi, Mats J. Stensrud
Pathogens usually exist in heterogeneous variants, like subtypes and strains. Quantifying treatment effects on the different variants is important for guiding prevention policies a…
Rejoinder to "Perspectives on `harm' in personalized medicine -- an alternative perspective"
Aaron L. Sarvet, Mats J. Stensrud
In our original article (Sarvet & Stensrud, 2024), we examine twin definitions of "harm" in personalized medicine: one based on predictions of individuals' unmeasurable response ty…