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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 26.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2022 Apr 26;70:79–88. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.04.009

Table A.2.

Study details.

Study title HTE Evaluation Sample Size Country of Origin Impact Level of Social Policy
1. The Violent Legacy of Conflict: Evidence on Asylum Seekers, Crime, and Public Policy in Switzerland No 23223 Switzerland Local
2. Associations Between Gun Laws and Suicides Yes 416391 United States State
3. The Impact of the Revised WIC Food Package on Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Postpartum No 1454 United States Country and State
4. Restrictive Immigration Law and Birth Outcomes of Immigrant Women Yes 5352146 United States State
5. Mortality in Spain in the Context of the Economic Crisis and Austerity Policies Yes 16 Spain Country
6. The Rates and Medical Necessity of Cesarean Delivery in the Era of the Two-Child Policy in Hubei and Gansu Provinces, China Yes 121722 China Country
7. Alcohol Availability Across Neighborhoods in Ontario Following Alcohol Sales Deregulation, 2013–2017 No 19964 Canada Province
8. Post-Legalization Opening of Retail Cannabis Stores and Adult Cannabis Use in Washington State, 2009–2016 No 85135 United States State
9. Impact of the Food-Labeling and Advertising Law Banning Competitive Food and Beverages in Chilean Public Schools, 2014–2016 Yes 21 Chile Country
10. Texting-While-Driving Bans and Motor Vehicle Crash–Related Emergency Department Visits in 16 US States: 2007–2014 Yes 1344 United States State
11. Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption 3 Years After the Berkeley, California, Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax No 5225 United States City
12. Paid Family Leave Effects on Breastfeeding: A Quasi-Experimental Study of US Policies Yes 306266 United States State
13. Impact of a Municipal Policy Restricting Trans Fatty Acid Use in New York City Restaurants on Serum Trans Fatty Acid Levels in Adults No 459 United States City
14. Austerity Policies and Mortality Rates in European Countries, 2011–2015 No 75 European Countries Country
15. The Mental Health of Hispanic/Latino Americans Following National Immigration Policy Changes: United States, 2014–2018 No 118883 United States Country
16. Housing and Urban Development–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers and Veterans’ Homelessness, 2007–2017 No 3850 United States Country
17. The Effects of SNAP Work Requirements in Reducing Participation and Benefits From 2013 to 2017 No 24100 United States Country and State
18. Right-to-Carry Laws and Firearm Workplace Homicides: A Longitudinal Analysis (1992–2017) Yes 1300 United States State
19. The Effect of Large-Capacity Magazine Bans on High-Fatality Mass Shootings, 1990–2017 No 1428 United States State
20. Firearm and Nonfirearm Violence After Operation Peacemaker Fellowship in Richmond, California, 1996–2016 No 2649 United States City
21. Dietary Guidance and New School Meal Standards: Schoolchildren’s Whole Grain Consumption Over 1994–2014 No 17016 United States Country
22. Supermarket Purchases Over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Month: A Comparison Between Participants and Nonparticipants No 950 United States Country and State
23. Short-Term Impact of a Flavored Tobacco Restriction: Changes in Youth Tobacco Use in a Massachusetts Community No 158 United States Local
24. Association Between State Minimum Wages and Suicide Rates in the U.S. Yes 550 United States State
25. SNAP, Young Children’s Health, and Family Food Security and Healthcare Access No 28782 United States Country and State
26. Association of State Firearm Legislation With Female Intimate Partner Homicide No 1693 United States State
27. Alcohol Policies and Alcohol Involvement in Intimate Partner Homicide in the U.S. Yes 2729 United States State
28. Smoke-Free Policies and 30-Day Readmission Rates for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease No 1788 United States State and Local
29. The Minnesota SimSmoke Tobacco Control Policy Model of Smokeless Tobacco and Cigarette Use No -a United States State
30. State-Level Beer Excise Tax and Firearm Homicide in Adolescents and Young Adults No 12 United States State
31. Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Matters for the Subjective Well-being of Individuals in Same-Sex Unions No 476411 Cross-national Country
32. The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Housing and Living Arrangements No 853012 United States State
33. Moving Upstream: The Effect of Tobacco Clean Air Restrictions on Educational Inequalities in Smoking Among Young Adults Yes 42132 United States Local
34. Reexamining the Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on Migration From a Gendered Lens Yes 21803 Mexico Country
35. Uncertainty About DACA May Undermine Its Positive Impact On Health For Recipients And Their Children Yes 16697 United States Country
36. Evaluating A USDA Program That Gives SNAP Participants Financial Incentives To Buy Fresh Produce In Supermarkets No 32 United States Country and State
37. The Effect Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Mortality No 970137 United States State
38. Loss Of SNAP Is Associated With Food Insecurity And Poor Health In Working Families With Young Children No 8569 United States Country and State
39. Association of a Beverage Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages With Changes in Beverage Prices and Sales at Chain Retailers in a Large Urban Setting No 291 United States City
40. An evaluation of the effects of lowering blood alcohol concentration limits for drivers on the rates of road traffic accidents and alcohol consumption: a natural experiment Yes 561646 Cross-national Country
41. Sugar-based beverage taxes and beverage prices: Evidence from South Africa’s Health Promotion Levy No 71677 South Africa Country
42. Effects of a voter initiative on disparities in punishment severity for drug offenses across California counties No 451139 United States State
43. Government of Malawi’s unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health Yes 1366 Malawi Country
44. Unconditional cash transfers and parental obesity Yes 60682 Canada Country
45. Do comprehensive school reforms impact the health of early school leavers? Results of a comparative difference-in-difference design Yes 220408 European Countries Country
46. Effects of tuition-free primary education on women’s access to family planning and on health decision-making: A cross-national study No 429001 Cross-national Country
47. The impact of employment protection on health: Evidence from fixed-term contract workers in South Korea Yes 2683 South Korea Country
48. A conditional cash transfer and Women’s empowerment: Does Bolsa Familia Influence intimate partner violence? Nob 12543 Brazil Country and local
49. Impact of an employment guarantee scheme on utilisation of maternal healthcare services: Results from a natural experiment in India Yes 127879 India Country
50. Center-based childcare expansion and grandparents’ employment and well-being Yes 11598 China Province
51. Does money relieve depression? Evidence from social pension expansions in China Yes 8636 China Country
52. The effect of unemployment benefits on health: A propensity score analysis Yes 7558 Canada Country
53. Changes in maternity leave coverage: Implications for fertility, labour force participation and child mortality Yes 396 Africa and Asia Country
54. SNAP benefits and childhood asthma No 2477560 United States Country and State
55. Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children Yes 184160 Cross-national Country

Note.

a -

Study excluded because results based on simulation model;

b -

This study reported that they performed a Heterogenous Treatment Effect (HTE) evaluation but did not report the results.