Real World Health Care Data Analysis

Contents

Contents

About the Book

What Does This Book Cover?

Is This Book for You?

What Should You Know about the Examples?

Software Used to Develop the Book’s Content

Example Code and Data

Acknowledgments

We Want to Hear from You

About the Authors

Chapter 1: Introduction to Observational and Real World Evidence Research

1.1 Why This Book?

1.2 Definition and Types of Real World Data (RWD)

1.3 Experimental Versus Observational Research

1.4 Types of Real World Studies

1.4.1 Cross-sectional Studies

1.4.2 Retrospective or Case-control Studies

1.4.3 Prospective or Cohort Studies

1.5 Questions Addressed by Real World Studies

1.6 The Issues: Bias and Confounding

1.6.1 Selection Bias

1.6.2 Information Bias

1.6.3 Confounding

1.7 Guidance for Real World ...