Techniques for improving ophthalmic studies performed on administrative databases

Durga S Borkar¹, Lucia Sobrin², Rebecca A Hubbard³, John H Kempen^{2

4}, Brian L VanderBeek^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ a Retina Service , Wills Eye Hospital , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
² b Department of Ophthalmology , Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
³ c Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁴ d Discovery Eye Center, MyungSung Christian Medical Center , MyungSung Medical School , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.
⁵ e Department of Ophthalmology , Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁶ f Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology , University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁷ g Leonard Davis Institute , University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.

Editorial

Durga S Borkar et al. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;26(3):147-149.

doi: 10.1080/09286586.2018.1554160. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

Durga S Borkar¹, Lucia Sobrin², Rebecca A Hubbard³, John H Kempen^{2

4}, Brian L VanderBeek^{5

6

7}

¹ a Retina Service , Wills Eye Hospital , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
² b Department of Ophthalmology , Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
³ c Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁴ d Discovery Eye Center, MyungSung Christian Medical Center , MyungSung Medical School , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.
⁵ e Department of Ophthalmology , Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁶ f Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology , University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
⁷ g Leonard Davis Institute , University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Administrative Databases; epidemiology; methodology; observational studies.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: No conflicting relationship exists for any author.

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