Time-sensitive testing pressures and COVID-19 outcomes: are socioeconomic inequalities over the first year of the pandemic explained by selection bias?

• Main Authors: Alice R Carter (Author), Gemma L Clayton (Author), M Carolina Borges (Author), Laura D Howe (Author), Rachael A Hughes (Author), George Davey Smith (Author), Deborah A Lawlor (Author), Kate Tilling (Author), Gareth J Griffith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There are many ways in which selection bias might impact COVID-19 research. Here we focus on selection for receiving a polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) SARS-CoV-2 test and how known changes to selection pressures over time may bias research into COVID-19 infection. Methods Using U...