Efficient risk set sampling when a time-dependent exposure is present Matching for time to exposure versus exposure density sampling

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 438-443

  Wolkewitz, M ^a   Beyersmann, J ^a   Gastmeier, P ^b   Schumacher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case cohort design; Cohort study; Multistate model; Nosocomial infection; Survival bias; Time dependent bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76649085535     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME9241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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