What is a Case-Control Study?

Dupépé, Esther B; Kicielinski, Kimberly P; Gordon, Amber S; Walters, Beverly C · Neurosurgery · 2019

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

Case-control (case-control, case-controlled) studies are beginning to appear more frequently in the neurosurgical literature. They can be more robust, if well designed, than the typical case series or even cohort study to determine or refine treatment algorithms. The purpose of this review is to define and explore the differences between case-control studies and other so-called nonexperimental, quasiexperimental, or observational studies in determining preferred treatments for neurosurgical patients.

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