Citation
Howe, Chanelle J. & Robinson, Whitney 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. PMCID: PMC5985150Abstract
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 represent useful approaches 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 as well as how redefining the target population or changing the study design can be useful.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000000849Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2018Journal Title
EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Howe, Chanelle J.Robinson, Whitney R.