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Pharmacoepidemiology simulation study practices: A methodological review

2025-05-02 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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PurposeSimulation studies are used in pharmacoepidemiology for evaluating inferential methods in a controlled setting, whereby a known data-generating mechanism allows evaluation of the performance of different approaches and assumptions. This study aimed to review simulation studies performed in pharmacoepidemiology. MethodsWe conducted a review of all papers published in the journal of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety (PDS) over the period 2017 to 2024. We extracted data on study characte...

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