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The methodology of self-controlled case series studies
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The self-controlled case series method is increasingly being used in pharmacoepidemiology, particularly in vaccine safety studies. This method is typically used to evaluate the association between a transient exposure and an acute event, using only cases. We present both parametric and semiparametric models using a motivating example on MMR vaccine and bleeding disorders. We briefly describe approaches for interferent events and a sequential version of the method for prospective surveillance of drug safety. The efficiency of the self-controlled case series method is compared to the that of cohort and case control studies. Some further extensions, to long or indefinite exposures and to bivariate counts, are described.
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- Authors
- Whitaker, H. J., Hocine, M. N., & Farrington, C. P.
- Venue
- Statistical Methods in Medical Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-02
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-26
- ISSN
- 0962-2802 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0334
- OpenAlex
- W2156662512
- Cited by
- 224
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 11.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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