Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
glossary

Case Control

A case-control study is an epidemiological study that is used to identify risk factors for a medical condition. This type of study compares a group of patients who have that condition with a group of patients that do not have it, and looks back in time to see how the characteristics of the two groups differ.

Read more about what is a case-control study.

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