Specifying a target trial prevents immortal time bias and other self-inflicted injuries in observational analyses

2016/05/27 by Miguel A. Hernán, Brian C. Sauer, Sonia Hernández–Dı́az +4 · 20 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Advanced Causal Inference Techniques #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.04.014

openalex publication_date 2016/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Citations

• Immortal Time Bias in Pharmacoepidemiology
• Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available: Table 1.

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