Patterned Outcomes, Unpatterned Counterfactuals, and Spurious Results: Perinatal Health Outcomes Following COVID-19

Patterned Outcomes, Unpatterned Counterfactuals, and Spurious Results: Perinatal Health Outcomes Following COVID-19
- June 28, 2022
- Tim Bruckner, Public Health and CPIP, American Journal of Epidemiology, June 28, 2022
A study co-authored by Tim Bruckner, PhD, professor of health, society, and behavior, assessed the methods used in epidemiological literature about the indirect or secondary effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant people and gestation.
Full citation:
Alison Gemmill, Joan A Casey, Claire E Margerison, Jennifer Zeitlin, Ralph Catalano,
Tim A Bruckner. 2022. “Patterned Outcomes, Unpatterned Counterfactuals, and Spurious
Results: Perinatal Health Outcomes Following COVID-19.” American Journal of Epidemiology. kwac110, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwac110.
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