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Causal Language for Studies Using Difference-in-Differences Analyses

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.12553

July 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Corresponding Author: Issa J. Dahabreh, MD, ScD, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Kresge Building, Office 816c, Boston, MA 02115 (idahabreh@hsph.harvard.edu).

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