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. 2025 Apr 1;185(4):459-460.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.8129.

Emulating a Target Trial Using Observational Data

Basma N Dib  1 , Sonja A Swanson  1
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Emulating a Target Trial Using Observational Data

Basma N Dib et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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This Guide to Statistics and Methods discusses target trial emulation, including why to use it, limitations of the method, and how to interpret target trial emulation findings.

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