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Correction: Rethinking the pros and cons of randomized controlled trials and observational studies in the era of big data and advanced methods: a panel discussion

BMC Proceedings volume 18, Article number: 16 (2024) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 18 January 2024

Correction: BMC Proc 18 (Suppl 2), 1 (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-023-00285-8


Following publication of the original article [1], the authors requested to update the funding section. The original and updated funding statements are given below:

Original: This work was funded by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant (#178264).

Updated: This work was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant (#178264). The authors would like to thank the Quebec Population Health Research Network (QPHRN) for its contribution to the financing of this open-access publication. Ce travail a été financé par une subvention des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (#178264). Les auteurs remercient l’axe Politiques publiques et santé des population du Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec (RRSPQ) pour sa contribution au financement de cet article.

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  1. Fernainy P, Cohen AA, Murray E, et al. Rethinking the pros and cons of randomized controlled trials and observational studies in the era of big data and advanced methods: a panel discussion. BMC Proc. 2024;18(Suppl 2):1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-023-00285-8.

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  1. Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Pamela Fernainy & Nadia Sourial

  2. Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada

    Pamela Fernainy & Nadia Sourial

  3. Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Alan A. Cohen

  4. CHUS Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Alan A. Cohen & Francois Lamontagne

  5. Centre de Recherche Sur Le Vieillissement, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Alan A. Cohen

  6. Butler Columbia Aging Center, New York, NY, USA

    Alan A. Cohen

  7. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University New York, New York, NY, USA

    Alan A. Cohen

  8. School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    Eleanor Murray

  9. Harvard Medical School Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Elena Losina

  10. Departement de Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Francois Lamontagne

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Fernainy, P., Cohen, A.A., Murray, E. et al. Correction: Rethinking the pros and cons of randomized controlled trials and observational studies in the era of big data and advanced methods: a panel discussion. BMC Proc 18, 16 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12919-024-00299-w

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