SelfControlledCohort: Self-Controlled Cohort Population-Level Estimation

Estimates incidence rate ratios by comparing time exposed with time unexposed among an exposed cohort using self-controlled cohort methodology as described in Ryan et al. (2013) <doi:10.1002/pds.3457>. Functions used for empirical calibration of effect estimates, confidence intervals, and p-values are included to control for residual bias.

Package details

AuthorJamie Gilbert [cre, aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2294-3459>), Martijn Schuemie [aut], Patrick Ryan [aut], Observational Health Data Science and Informatics [cph]
MaintainerJamie Gilbert <gilbert@ohdsi.org>
LicenseApache License 2.0
Version2.0.0
URL https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort https://ohdsi.github.io/SelfControlledCohort/
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("SelfControlledCohort")

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SelfControlledCohort documentation built on June 17, 2026, 5:07 p.m.