Plasmode simulation for the evaluation of pharmacoepidemiologic methods in complex healthcare databases

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-226

  Franklin, Jessica M ^a   Schneeweiss, Sebastian ^a   Polinski, Jennifer M ^a   Rassen, Jeremy A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmacoepidemiology; Propensity score; Simulation; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SIMULATION; SIMULATION APPROACH; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK; VARIABLE SELECTION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH INSURANCE;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84890553945     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2013.10.018     Document Type: Article

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