title: Missing data and convenient assumptions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Sharon@hcp.med.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Sharon-Lise T
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Normand
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D036262:Empirical Research; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome