Self-controlled designs in pharmacoepidemiology involving electronic healthcare databases: a systematic review

Self-controlled designs in pharmacoepidemiology involving electronic healthcare databases: a systematic review

Abstract Background Observational studies are widely used in pharmacoepidemiology. Several designs can be used, in particular self-controlled designs (case-crossover and self-controlled case series). These designs offer the advantage of controlling for time-invariant confounders, which may not be co...

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Main Authors: Nathalie Gault, Johann Castañeda-Sanabria, Yann De Rycke, Sylvie Guillo, Stéphanie Foulon, Florence Tubach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Pharmacoepidemiology
Self-controlled designs
Observational studies
Databases
Systematic review
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0278-0

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