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Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and the Test-Negative Design

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Dean, Natalie E., Hogan, Joseph W., Schnitzer, Mireille E.·2021·New England Journal of Medicine

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Observational studies are emerging as fundamental sources of information about vaccine effectiveness outside the controlled environment of randomized trials, and they are being used to generate evi...

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  • The test-negative design mitigates bias from healthcare-seeking behavior and was chosen for this analysis for that reason.

    “The test-negative design, which does not assume that a lack of a positive test equals a negative test and somewhat adjusts for testing volume, attempts to better mitigate this bias and is the reason we chose this method for this analysis”

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  1. [6]6. Robins JM. Comment on “choice as an alternative to control in observational studies.” Stat Sci 1999; 14: 281- 293 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/2676763).

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Authors
Dean, N. E., Hogan, J. W., & Schnitzer, M. E.
Affiliations
Emory University (US)
Corresponding author
Hogan, Joseph W.
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2021-10-07
Volume
385
Issue
15
Pages
1431-1433
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W3196352038
Cited by
168
References
10
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 6 · 2013: 1
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI139761, P30AI042853)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Keywords
COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine effectiveness, test-negative design, observational studies, SARS-CoV-2
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines, Hospitalization, Humans, Case-Control Studies

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