Optimal Multi-Wave Validation of Secondary Use Data with Outcome and Exposure Misclassification

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Autores principales: Lotspeich, Sarah C., Amorim, Gustavo G. C., Shaw, Pamela A., Tao, Ran, Shepherd, Bryan E.
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Publicado: 2021
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author Lotspeich, Sarah C.
Amorim, Gustavo G. C.
Shaw, Pamela A.
Tao, Ran
Shepherd, Bryan E.
author_facet Lotspeich, Sarah C.
Amorim, Gustavo G. C.
Shaw, Pamela A.
Tao, Ran
Shepherd, Bryan E.
contents The growing availability of observational databases like electronic health records (EHR) provides unprecedented opportunities for secondary use of such data in biomedical research. However, these data can be error-prone and need to be validated before use. It is usually unrealistic to validate the whole database due to resource constraints. A cost-effective alternative is to implement a two-phase design that validates a subset of patient records that are enriched for information about the research question of interest. Herein, we consider odds ratio estimation under differential outcome and exposure misclassification. We propose optimal designs that minimize the variance of the maximum likelihood odds ratio estimator. We develop a novel adaptive grid search algorithm that can locate the optimal design in a computationally feasible and numerically accurate manner. Because the optimal design requires specification of unknown parameters at the outset and thus is unattainable without prior information, we introduce a multi-wave sampling strategy to approximate it in practice. We demonstrate the efficiency gains of the proposed designs over existing ones through extensive simulations and two large observational studies. We provide an R package and Shiny app to facilitate the use of the optimal designs.
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spellingShingle Optimal Multi-Wave Validation of Secondary Use Data with Outcome and Exposure Misclassification
Lotspeich, Sarah C.
Amorim, Gustavo G. C.
Shaw, Pamela A.
Tao, Ran
Shepherd, Bryan E.
Methodology
62P10
The growing availability of observational databases like electronic health records (EHR) provides unprecedented opportunities for secondary use of such data in biomedical research. However, these data can be error-prone and need to be validated before use. It is usually unrealistic to validate the whole database due to resource constraints. A cost-effective alternative is to implement a two-phase design that validates a subset of patient records that are enriched for information about the research question of interest. Herein, we consider odds ratio estimation under differential outcome and exposure misclassification. We propose optimal designs that minimize the variance of the maximum likelihood odds ratio estimator. We develop a novel adaptive grid search algorithm that can locate the optimal design in a computationally feasible and numerically accurate manner. Because the optimal design requires specification of unknown parameters at the outset and thus is unattainable without prior information, we introduce a multi-wave sampling strategy to approximate it in practice. We demonstrate the efficiency gains of the proposed designs over existing ones through extensive simulations and two large observational studies. We provide an R package and Shiny app to facilitate the use of the optimal designs.
title Optimal Multi-Wave Validation of Secondary Use Data with Outcome and Exposure Misclassification
topic Methodology
62P10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.13263