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Confounding in observational studies based on large health care databases: problems and potential solutions – a primer for the clinician

Population-based health care databases are a valuable tool for observational studies as they reflect daily medical practice for large and representative populations. A constant challenge in observational designs is, however, to rule out confounding, and the value of these databases for a given study...

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Autores principales: Nørgaard, Mette, Ehrenstein, Vera, Vandenbroucke, Jan P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405173
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S129879