On the Causal Interpretation of Rate-Change Methods: The Prior Event Rate Ratio and Rate Difference

A growing number of studies use data before and after treatment initiation in groups exposed to different treatment strategies to estimate “causal effects” using a ratio measure called the prior event rate ratio (PERR). Here, we offer a causal interpretation for PERR and its additive scale analog, t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: van Aalst, Robertus, Thommes, Edward, Postma, Maarten, Chit, Ayman, Dahabreh, Issa J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
Materias:
Practice of Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa122

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa122

Ejemplares similares