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Tips for Designing Studies That Actually Reveal Causal Inference

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  Issue: May 2021  |  May 13, 2021

References

  1. Hernán MA, Robins JM. Causal Inference: What If. 2020 Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC; 2020.
  2. Hernán MA, Robins JM. Using big data to emulate a target trial when a randomized trial is not available. Am J Epidemiol. 2016 Apr 15;183(8):75–764.
  3. Zhao SS, Lyu H, Solomon DH, et al. Improving rheumatoid arthritis comparative effectiveness research through causal inference principles: Systematic review using a target trial emulation framework. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Jul;79(7):883–890.

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