The effect of seeking consent on the representativeness of patient cohorts: iron‐deficiency anaemia and colorectal cancer

Aim  The study aimed to establish the level of selection bias that may occur should individual patient consent be sought, by comparing characteristics of consenters and nonconsenters to a request for access to medical records within a cohort of patients diagnosed with iron‐deficiency anaemia (IDA).

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