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The data layer: the importance of sources critical appraisal
is to tracking the health status of its citizens and understanding its evolution over time. Given the absence of a singular, comprehensive data source, we developed a framework to select databases ...
Evaluating methodological approaches to assess the severity of infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants: scoping review and applications on Belgian COVID-19 data.
categorization of patients based on time periods). Different potential selection biases (e.g., overcontrol bias, endogenous selection bias, sample truncation bias) and factors fluctuating over time (e.g., medical ...
Severity of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium.
analyses were performed to assess the influence of selection bias, vaccination rollout, and unmeasured confounding. RESULTS: We observed no difference between the exposed and unexposed group in severe ...
Regional differences in the validity of self-reported use of health care in Belgium: selection versus reporting bias.
the impact of selection and reporting bias on the validity of regional differences in health care use observed in the BHIS. METHODS: To assess reporting bias, self-reported BHIS 2008 data were linked ...
Validation of a Sampling Method to Collect Exposure Data for Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.
Epidemiol, Volume 37, Issue 5, Number 554, p.549-54 (2016) Keywords: Bacteremia Belgium Catheterization, Central Venous Cross Infection hospitals Humans intensive care units Linear Models Selection Bias Time ...
Analysis of 13 million individual patient records pertaining to Pap smears, colposcopies, biopsies and surgery on the uterine cervix (Belgium, 1996-2000).
screening by surveys overestimate coverage because of selection and reporting biases. METHODS: The prepared Inter-Mutualistic Agency dataset has about 13 million records from Pap smears, colposcopies, ...
Optimising the case-crossover design for use in shared exposure settings.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; N Hens Source: Epidemiol Infect, Volume 148 (2020) Keywords: bias Case-Control Studies Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic ...
Unit Response and Costs in Web Versus Face-To-Face Data Collection: Comparison of Two Cross-sectional Health Surveys.
resources without increasing selection bias (eg, only inviting sociodemographic groups who are keener to participate online for web surveys while continuing to focus on increasing F2F response rates for ...