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Epidemiology

distortion that occurs when the reason a treatment is prescribed is itself linked to the outcome, so treatment appears to cause it.

In epidemiology, confounding by indication refers to distortion that occurs when the reason a treatment is prescribed is itself linked to the outcome, so treatment appears to cause it. This meaning comes from Salas (1999) in American Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Salas, M., Hotman, A., & Stricker, B. H. (1999). Confounding by Indication: An Example of Variation in the Use of Epidemiologic Terminology. American Journal of Epidemiology, 149(11), 981-983. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009758

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