• Am J Manag Care · Feb 2016

    The promise and perils of big data in healthcare.

    • Austin B Frakt and Steven D Pizer.
    • VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S Huntington Ave (152H), Boston, MA 20130. E-mail: frakt@bu.edu.
    • Am J Manag Care. 2016 Feb 1; 22 (2): 989998-9.

    AbstractBig data analyses are observational, raising threats to causal inference. Validity checks help, but we must not let enthusiasm about big data obscure the science.

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