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A retrospective observational study in which investigators identify a group of patients with a specified outcome (cases) and a group of patients without the specified outcome (controls). Investigators then compare the cases and the controls to determine possible factors which can be linked to the outcome.
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| case study |
An uncontrolled (prospective or retrospective) observational study involving an intervention and outcome in a single patient. (Also known as a single case report or anecdote.)
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| case-control study |
An epidemiologic study that examines selected patients who have a defined disease (cases) with persons without the disease (controls).
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| case-control study |
a study in which patients with a certain condition are matched with patients who do not have the condition. The two groups are then compared with respect to certain risk factors (eg patients with lung cancer asked about cigarette smoking). Advantages include rapid study time, since the outcome of interest has already occurred, and ease, since no special methods to recruit cases and controls are necessary. Can be used to evaluate rare conditions. ...
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| case |
The covers of a hard-bound, or case-bound, book.
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