A framework to build similarity-based cohorts for personalized treatment advice – a standardized, but flexible workflow with the R package SimBaCo

• Lucas Wirbka,

  Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Walter E. Haefeli,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Andreas D. Meid

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andreas.meid@med.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3537-3205

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