Validation sampling can reduce bias in health care database studies: An illustration using influenza vaccination effectiveness

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8 SUPPL.8, 2013, Pages

  Nelson, Jennifer Clark ^a,b   Marsh, Tracey ^a,b   Lumley, Thomas ^b,c   Larson, Eric B ^a,b   Jackson, Lisa A ^a   Jackson, Michael L ^a  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aged; Bias (epidemiologic); Comparative effectiveness research; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Influenza vaccines; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); INFLUENZA VACCINES; PROPENSITY SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VACCINATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84880225564     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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