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This DAG explains that spurious associations will not arise in a study outside the hospital. H1 and H2 mean disease-specific hospitalization due to D1 or D2. Conditioning on H = 0 implies conditioning on H1 = 0 and H2 = 0, which blocks the open paths between the diseases.
