Evaluation of matched control algorithms in EHR-based phenotyping studies: a case study of inflammatory bowel disease comorbidities.

The success of many population studies is determined by proper matching of cases to controls. Some of the confounding and bias that afflict electronic health record (EHR)-based observational studies may be reduced by creating effective methods for finding adequate controls. We implemented a method t...

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Published in:	Journal of Biomedical Informatics Vol. 52; pp. 105 - 112
Main Authors:	Castro, Victor M, Apperson, W Kay, Gainer, Vivian S, Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N, Goodson, Alyssa P, Wang, Taowei D, Herrick, Christopher D, Murphy, Shawn N
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Academic Press Inc. Dec2014
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost