Analyses of observational data aimed at supporting decision-making are ideally framed as a contrast between well-defined treatment strategies. These analyses compare individuals' outcomes from the start of the treatment strategies under consideration. Exceptions to this synchronizing of the start of follow-up and the treatment strategies may be justified on a case-by-case basis.
Keywords: causal inference; decision-making; left truncation; survival curves.
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