Epidemiology. In a hospital-based case-control study, the controls are chosen from patients of the same hospital as the cases, but the controls have a diagnosis that is not relevant to the aim of the study. The controls have to be similar in specific characteristics such as age and sex (matching).
See also population-based.
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