Confounding in observational studies based on large health care databases: problems and potential solutions – a primer for the clinician

Mette Nørgaard,1 Vera Ehrenstein,1 Jan P Vandenbroucke1–3 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands; 3Department of Epidemiology and Populati...

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Main Authors: Nørgaard M, Ehrenstein V, Vandenbroucke JP
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2017-03-01
Series:Clinical Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/confounding-in-observational-studies-based-on-large-health-care-databa-peer-reviewed-article-CLEP