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A pervasive problem in registry‐based pharmacoepidemiological studies is what exposure duration to assign to individual prescriptions. The parametric waiting time distribution (WTD) has been proposed as a method to estimate… Click to show full abstract
A pervasive problem in registry‐based pharmacoepidemiological studies is what exposure duration to assign to individual prescriptions. The parametric waiting time distribution (WTD) has been proposed as a method to estimate such durations. However, when prescription durations vary due to seasonal stockpiling, WTD estimates will vary with choice of index date. To counter this, we propose using random index dates.
Keywords:
index;
prescription durations;
waiting time;
seasonal stockpiling;
time distribution;
random index
Journal Title: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Year Published: 2020
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