Immortal time bias for life-long conditions in retrospective observational studies using electronic health records

BACKGROUND: Immortal time bias is common in observational studies but is typically described for pharmacoepidemiology studies where there is a delay between cohort entry and treatment initiation. METHODS: This study used the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and linked national mortality da...

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Autores principales: Tyrer, Freya, Bhaskaran, Krishnan, Rutherford, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01581-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35350993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01581-1

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