Frequency and impact of confounding by indication and healthy vaccinee bias in observational studies assessing influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Evidence on influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is commonly derived from observational studies. However, these studies are prone to confounding by indication and healthy vaccinee bias. We aimed to systematically investigate these two forms of confounding/bias. METHODS: Systematic review...

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Autores principales: Remschmidt, Cornelius, Wichmann, Ole, Harder, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1154-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26474974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1154-y

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