Design of cohort studies in chronic diseases using routinely collected databases when a prescription is used as surrogate outcome
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There has been little research on design of studies based on routinely collected data when the clinical endpoint of interest is not recorded, but can be inferred from a prescription. This often happens when exploring the effect of a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/36 |