"Target Trial Emulation" for Observational Studies - Potential and Pitfalls

doi:10.1056/NEJMp2407586

. 2024 Nov 28;391(21):1975-1977.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2407586. Epub 2024 Nov 23.

"Target Trial Emulation" for Observational Studies - Potential and Pitfalls

Rebecca A Hubbard¹, Constantine A Gatsonis¹, Joseph W Hogan¹, David J Hunter¹, Sharon-Lise T Normand¹, Andrea B Troxel¹

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¹ From the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI (R.A.H., C.A.G., J.W.H.); the Departments of Epidemiology (D.J.H.) and Biostatistics (S.-L.T.N.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (S.-L.T.N.) - both in Boston; the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); and the Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York (A.B.T.).

PMID: 39588897
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2407586

"Target Trial Emulation" for Observational Studies - Potential and Pitfalls

Rebecca A Hubbard et al. N Engl J Med. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 28;391(21):1975-1977.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2407586. Epub 2024 Nov 23.

Authors

Rebecca A Hubbard¹, Constantine A Gatsonis¹, Joseph W Hogan¹, David J Hunter¹, Sharon-Lise T Normand¹, Andrea B Troxel¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI (R.A.H., C.A.G., J.W.H.); the Departments of Epidemiology (D.J.H.) and Biostatistics (S.-L.T.N.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School (S.-L.T.N.) - both in Boston; the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); and the Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York (A.B.T.).

PMID: 39588897
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2407586

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