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Survival-related Selection Bias in Studies of Racial Health Disparities: The Importance of the Target Population and Study Design.

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Howe, CJ; Robinson, WR
Published in: Epidemiology
July 2018

The impact of survival-related selection bias has not always been discussed in relevant studies of racial health disparities. Moreover, the analytic approaches most frequently employed in the epidemiologic literature to minimize selection bias are difficult to implement appropriately in racial disparities research. This difficulty stems from the fact that frequently employed analytic techniques require that common causes of survival and the outcome are accurately measured. Unfortunately, such common causes are often unmeasured or poorly measured in racial health disparities studies. In the absence of accurate measures of the aforementioned common causes, redefining the target population or changing the study design represents a useful approach for reducing the extent of survival-related selection bias. To help researchers recognize and minimize survival-related selection bias in racial health disparities studies, we illustrate the aforementioned selection bias and how redefining the target population or changing the study design can be useful.

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Epidemiology

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EISSN

1531-5487

Publication Date

July 2018

Volume

29

Issue

4

Start / End Page

521 / 524

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Survival
  • Selection Bias
  • Research Design
  • Humans
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Epidemiology
  • Black or African American
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 4206 Public health
 

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Howe, C. J., & Robinson, W. R. (2018). Survival-related Selection Bias in Studies of Racial Health Disparities: The Importance of the Target Population and Study Design. Epidemiology, 29(4), 521–524. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000849
Howe, Chanelle J., and Whitney R. Robinson. “Survival-related Selection Bias in Studies of Racial Health Disparities: The Importance of the Target Population and Study Design.Epidemiology 29, no. 4 (July 2018): 521–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000000849.
Howe, Chanelle J., and Whitney R. Robinson. “Survival-related Selection Bias in Studies of Racial Health Disparities: The Importance of the Target Population and Study Design.Epidemiology, vol. 29, no. 4, July 2018, pp. 521–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000849.

Published In

Epidemiology

DOI

EISSN

1531-5487

Publication Date

July 2018

Volume

29

Issue

4

Start / End Page

521 / 524

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Survival
  • Selection Bias
  • Research Design
  • Humans
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Epidemiology
  • Black or African American
  • 4905 Statistics
  • 4206 Public health