Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: A proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research.

Slavica KochovskaFliss E M MurtaghMeera AgarJane L PhillipsDeborah DudgeonSanja LujicMiriam J Johnson David Christopher Currow

Published in: Palliative medicine (2024)

Anchoring the cohort to reproducible data points will help create more comparable cohorts in palliative care whilst mitigating its inherent heterogeneity. This, in turn, will help optimise the generalisability, applicability and reproducibility of observational palliative care studies to strengthen the evidence base and improve practice.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
healthcare
case control
primary care
single cell
electronic health record
quality improvement
big data
machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
data analysis