The use of propensity scores in pharmacoepidemiologic research

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-101

  Perkins, Susan M ^a,b   Tu, Wanzhu ^a,b   Underhill, Michael G ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a,b   Murray, Michael D ^a,c  

^a Regenstrief Institute for Health Care   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NSAIDs; Observational studies; Propensity scores; Renal insufficiency; Subclassification; Treatment bias

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULINDAC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034069113     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1557(200003/04)9:2<93::AID-PDS474>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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