Use of primary care electronic medical record database in drug efficacy research on cardiovascular outcomes: comparison of database and randomised controlled trial findings
Open Access
- 27 January 2009
- Vol. 338 (jan27 1), b81
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b81
Abstract
This article describes how to emulate randomized clinical trials (RCTs) using observational data from an electronic medical records database. Though some aspects of the implementation can be improved (see below), this is one of the few available applications that directly compares estimates from randomized trials and observational studies that emulate those trials. Tannen et al. selected six RCTs of cardiovascular disease outcomes...This publication has 48 references indexed in Scilit:
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