Manuscript Details

Brickhouse, T.H., Haldiman, R.R., & Evani, B. (2013). The impact of a home visiting program on children’s utilization of dental services. Pediatrics, 132(Suppl. 2) S147–S152. https://doi:10.1542/peds.2013-1021N

Peer Reviewed

Model(s): Virginia’s Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP)
Low rating
This manuscript received a low rating because it is a non-experimental comparison group design study that does not satisfy the baseline equivalence requirement.

Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 2.3
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Random assignment compromised? Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not applicable Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity; not established on socioeconomic status in the analyzed sample; outcome(s) not feasible to assess at baseline

No

Yes