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Table 1 Components of our linking model between individual case reporting and the real world

From: Computing limits on medicine risks based on collections of individual case reports

Variable

Type of entities being counted

Context

N x R

Reports on X

Database

N xy R

Reports on X together with Y

Database

N x A

Adverse episodes that follow exposure to X

Real world

N xy A

Adverse episodes that follow exposure to X and that include Y

Real world

N x E

Exposures to X

Real world

N xy E

Exposures to X followed by at least one adverse episode that includes Y

Real world

  1. X and Y are the drug and adverse event of interest, respectively.