Bias Implications of Outcome Misclassification in Observational Studies Evaluating Association Between Treatments and All‐Cause or Cardiovascular Mortality Using Administrative Claims

Bias Implications of Outcome Misclassification in Observational Studies Evaluating Association Between Treatments and All‐Cause or Cardiovascular Mortality Using Administrative Claims

Background The bias implications of outcome misclassification arising from imperfect capture of mortality in claims‐based studies are not well understood. Methods and Results We identified 2 cohorts of patients: (1) type 2 diabetes mellitus (n=8.6 million), and (2) heart failure (n=3.1 million), fro...

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Main Authors: Rishi J. Desai, Raisa Levin, Kueiyu Joshua Lin, Elisabetta Patorno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
bias
mortality
observational studies
outcome misclassification
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.120.016906

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