04-08-2020, 12:30 PM
From the original paper, "We adjust by population size, hospital beds, number of individuals tested, weather, and socioeconomic and behavioral variables including, but not limited to obesity and smoking. We include a random intercept by state to account for potential correlation in counties within the same state."
The possibility of residual confounding cannot be discounted, however.
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The possibility of residual confounding cannot be discounted, however.
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