Estimation using all available covariate information versus a fixed look-back window for dichotomous covariates

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 542-550

  Brunelli, Steven M ^a   Gagne, Joshua J ^a   Huybrechts, Krista F ^a   Wang, Shirley V ^a   Patrick, Amanda R ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,b,c   Seeger, John D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Confounding variables; Data analysis, statistical; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DICHOTOMOUS COVARIATE; EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877589655     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3434     Document Type: Article

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