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Survivor Treatment Selection Bias and Outcomes Research
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 09/22/09
Sy RW et al. – Survivor bias significantly affects the evaluation of surgical outcomes in infective endocarditis, and it should be considered in other areas of outcomes research where randomized controlled trials are not feasible. Survivor bias is not corrected by propensity analysis alone but may be reduced by time–dependent survival analysis.
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