Quantifying the impact of survivor treatment bias in observational studies

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-612

  Austin, Peter C ^a,b,c   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a,b,c   Van Walraven, Carl ^a,d,e   Tu, Jack V ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Epidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; Survival analysis; Survivor treatment bias; Time dependent variables

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATION; ONTARIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750800563     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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