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For the demonstration phase of the study, Table 1 reports a highly significant, negative estimate for the change in trend from baseline to the phase2 trend (β 4 ).

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In sum, it is difficult to conceive of plausible alternative explanations for both the statistically and practically significant decrease in dfr relative to the five-year rising baseline trend during the demonstration phase of this prospective social experiment as well as for the subsequent significant change from a declining trend to an increasing trend in the follow-up phase (baseline reversal effects).

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population) was associated with a statistically and practically significant reduction in dfr trend during the five-year “demonstration period” of the quasi-experiment; and (2) monthly dfr trend subsequently increased during the five-year follow-up period when the group fell below the required size (both p ’s < 0.0001).

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