Abstract
Observational studies (non-randomized) consist primarily of data with features that are in fact constraining within a classical statistical framework. Indeed, in this type of study, data are rarely continuous, complete, and independent of the therapeutic arm the observations are belonging to. This thesis deals with the use of a parametric statistical tool based on the dependence between the data, using several scenarios related to observational studies. Indeed, thanks to the theorem of Sklar (1959), parametric copulas have become a topic of interest in biostatistics. To begin with, we present the basic concepts of copulas, as well as the main measures of association based on the concordance founded on an analysis of the literature. Then, we give three examples of application of models of parametric copulas for as many cases of specific data found in observational studies. We first propose a strategy of modeling cost-effectiveness analysis based essentially on rewriting the joint distribution functions, while discarding the use of linear regression models. We then study the constraints relative to discrete data, particularly in a context of non-unicity of the copula function. We rewrite the propensity score, thanks to an innovative approach based on the extension of a sub-copula. Finally, we introduce a particular type of missing data: right censored data, in a regression context, through the use of semi-parametric copulas.